Translations for „mortal combat“ in the English » German Dictionary

mor·tal ˈcom·bat N no pl

mortal combat

Kampf m auf Leben und Tod

mortal combat

erbitterter Kampf

to be locked in mortal combat fig

miteinander auf Leben und Tod kämpfen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be locked in mortal combat fig

miteinander auf Leben und Tod kämpfen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Mortal combat has been reported far more often for males than for females.

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Too much mortal combat has left the team running behind schedule.

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The setting up of two entities in mortal combat implies that the sufferer who fails to respond to treatment is somehow deficient.

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Many of the aliens appear locked in mortal combat.

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Some medieval encyclopedias claimed its source as the literal blood of elephants and dragons who had perished in mortal combat.

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Their backs, torsos and facial tattoos bear witnessto mortal combat and the customary headhunting.

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When not full-sized torsos or miniatures, they can be seen throughout the exhibition in stop-motion animation, wrestling, sitting at a bar, jumping on trampolines or engaged in mortal combat.

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Were they in some kind of courtship display or were they locked in mortal combat?

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It's a combo-laden girl-versus-girl brawl, pitting girls with deadly hair and short skirts against each other in mortal combat.

www.kotaku.com.au

Two sinewy boxers hurl themselves at each other with such force that, like stags locked in mortal combat, neither is able to displace the other.

www.telegraph.co.uk