digladiated

Verb

digladiate (third-person singular simple present digladiates, present participle digladiating, simple past and past participle digladiated)

1. (rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
   • Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.1659, John Hales, Golden Remains