"fight to the death" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fight to the death.wav Forms: fights to the death [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|fights to the death|head=fight to the death}} fight to the death (plural fights to the death)
  1. A fight in which there is only one winner, the survivor. Categories (topical): Death, Violence Synonyms: fight to the finish Translations (A fight in which there is only one winner, the survivor): doodstrijd [masculine] (Dutch), taistelu kuolemaan asti (Finnish), combat à mort [masculine] (French), ġlieda sal-mewt [feminine] (Maltese), riri whakauka (Maori), mate ururoa (Maori), walka na śmierć [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fight_to_the_death-en-noun-JT2Agv~a Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 Disambiguation of Violence: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 30

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fight to the death.wav Forms: fights to the death [present, singular, third-person], fighting to the death [participle, present], fought to the death [participle, past], fought to the death [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> to the death}} fight to the death (third-person singular simple present fights to the death, present participle fighting to the death, simple past and past participle fought to the death)
  1. To take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.
    Sense id: en-fight_to_the_death-en-verb-NZZXnCbs

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