Brawl and Duel

Brawl

Brawl noun - A rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people.

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Duel and brawl are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Duel" instead the word "Brawl" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: brawling, brawled, brawler

Duel noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.

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Brawl and duel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brawl" instead the word "Duel" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: duelling, dueling, duelist, dueler, duellist

brief	brief brawl	brief duel
public	public brawl	public duel
standard	standard brawl	standard duel
friendly	friendly brawl	friendly duel
Other adjectives: proper, brutal, actual, entire, real, violent, big, little, psychic, final, legendary, inevitable, subsequent, last, verbal, giant, ensuing, three-way, climatic, one-on-one, hand-to-hand, climactic.

Right before a duel, brawl, battle, or war would start between two misled factions, the heroes arrive just in time, give a Battle Interrupting Shout, and tell everyone to try and be friends instead.

Source: Standing Between the Enemies
This brawl is only stopped upon Alex's entrance, but upon his attempt to call it off, the Goliath captain makes the even bigger mistake of throwing his glove at Alex, instigating a duel.

Source: Mugging The Monster / Anime and Manga
Followed up by a duel with the Final Boss outside of his mecha in a one-on-one brawl.

Source: Astral Finale

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