duel

  1. Noun.  Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
  2. Noun.  Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
  3. Noun.  Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
  4. Verb.  To engage in a duel.

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