digladiate

verb

1. To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.

   rare

   Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.

Where it comes from

From Latin digladiari, from di-, dis- + gladius (“a sword”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry digladiate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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