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battle royales

battle royales is the plural of battle royale.

Meaning of battle royale

Noun

battle royale (plural battles royale or battle royales)

  1. A video game genre centered around survival, exploration and scavenging, with last-man-standing gameplay.
    • Ian Bogost, a game designer, media professor and author of Play Anything, agrees: “There is no question in my mind that the eat-or-be-eaten, winner-take-all mentality of contemporary life is of a piece with the battle-royale genre,” he says.2018 July 16, Steven Poole, quoting Ian Bogost, “From Fortnite to Love Island: how the ‘fight to the death’ defines our times”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023

Questions about battle royales

What is battle royales the plural of?
Battle royales is the plural of battle royale.

Words near battle royales in the dictionary

  1. Battle River
  2. battle rope
  3. battle ropes
  4. battle royal
  5. battle royale
  6. battle royales
  7. battle royals
  8. battle ship
  9. battle ships
  10. battle station
  11. battle stations

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