mortal combat
noun
: a fight that will result in the death of the loser : a fight to the death
two gladiators locked in mortal combat
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One fossil assemblage from the Yixian Formation preserved the remains of these species in mortal combat, frozen in mid-action.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
On the whole, chimps are significantly more violent as a group than bonobos, with bands of males engaging in sometimes mortal combat with other bands over access to food, territory, and females.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Our paradigms need to shift in order to see that, like communities, ecosystems are not arenas of mortal combat but rather networks that create space for all.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
The scientists suspect they were suddenly engulfed in a volcanic mudflow and buried alive during mortal combat.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Uniform constructs the fighting man for mortal combat.
—Hazlitt, 12 May 2022
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
On the whole, chimps are significantly more violent as a group than bonobos, with bands of males engaging in sometimes mortal combat with other bands over access to food, territory, and females.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Our paradigms need to shift in order to see that, like communities, ecosystems are not arenas of mortal combat but rather networks that create space for all.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
The scientists suspect they were suddenly engulfed in a volcanic mudflow and buried alive during mortal combat.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Uniform constructs the fighting man for mortal combat.
—Hazlitt, 12 May 2022
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“Mortal combat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortal%20combat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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