Gladiatorial
[,glædɪə'torɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat; 'gladiatorial combats' .
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Gladiatorian
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Examples
- He and seventy others had fled out from a gladiatorial farm at Capua. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- GLADIATORIAL After the fiasco of the proposal, Birkin had hurried blindly away from Beldover, in a whirl of fury. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Colosseum at Rome, for example, the arena of many great gladiatorial shows, was converted into a fortress, and so was the amphitheatre at Arles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the course of the next two or three centuries the gladiatorial shows of Rome grew to immense proportions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It denounced the gladiatorial shows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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