gladiatorial
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The origins of gladiatorial combat are unknown, though it was generally agreed by the Romans that it had been a foreign import.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
That it is, but it is also about the society that permitted gladiatorial combat—more than permitted it, enjoyed it as entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The gladiatorial stadium stands between England and parity in the Ashes series.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
No doubt football is suffused with gladiatorial bravado.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024
His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
