Crossword-Solution: DEBATE 6 letters, 182 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
Debate v. t. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Debate v. t. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to
maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for
and against.
Debate v. i. To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Debate v. i. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate;
to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; --
often followed by on or upon.
Debate v. t. A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
Debate v. t. Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the
purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument;
controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
Debate v. t. Subject of discussion.

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"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" setting 1 answer
Argue a question 1 answer
Argue formally 1 answer
Argue over 1 answer
Argument over bands 1 answer
Bush vs. Dukakis event 1 answer
Campaign contest 1 answer
Campaign event and this puzzle's theme 1 answer
Campaign face-off 1 answer
Campaign highlight 1 answer
Campaign season entertainment 1 answer
Candidates' face-off 1 answer
Candidates' one-on-one 1 answer
Carter vs. Ford on TV: 1976 1 answer
Certain school team activity 1 answer
College extracurricular activity. 1 answer
Competition with pros? 1 answer
Congressional activity. 1 answer
Discuss a subject 1 answer
Discuss the pros and cons of 1 answer
Discussion of both sides 1 answer
Dispute about 1 answer
Douglas forte 1 answer
ERISTIC, subject of 1 answer
Election season event 1 answer
Event in "What the Constitution Means to Me" 1 answer
Event often televised in split-screen 1 answer
Forensic competition 1 answer
Forensic contest 1 answer
Forensics battle 1 answer
Forensics event 1 answer
Forensics practice 1 answer
Formal argument 1 answer
Future Kerry/Bush event 1 answer
Girl presented a note for discussion 1 answer
Hash over 1 answer
High school activity with pros 1 answer
Historic Kennedy-Nixon event 1 answer
House of Commons discussion 1 answer
Interscholastic match 1 answer
It has its pros and cons 1 answer
Kind of contention 1 answer
Lincoln-Douglas confrontation 1 answer
Lincoln-Douglas event 1 answer
Nixon/Cuomo face-off, e.g. 1 answer
Notable Nixon-Kennedy event 1 answer
Oral contest 1 answer
Organized argument 1 answer
Political argument 1 answer
Political candidates' face-off 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
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COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with DEBATE (5)

They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
The United States' Constitution Founding Fathers 1975
With this advantage then To union, and firm Faith, and firm accord, More then can be in Heav’n, we now return To claim our just inheritance of old, Surer to prosper then prosperity Could have assur’d us; and by what best way, Whether of open Warr or covert guile, We now debate; who can advise, may speak.
Paradise Lost John Milton 1991
What, I marvel, pondering? Why this summons? Wherefore call Us, his elders, one and all, Bidding us with him debate, On some grave concern of State? [Enter CREON] CREON.
The Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles 2000
Though some technical material is included for background and flavor, it is not a technical dictionary; what we describe here is the language hackers use among themselves for fun, social communication, and technical debate.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Slavery and the Formation of Character The study of American slavery, frequently consisting of a heated debate concerning the institution's merits, has, in recent years, branched into new directions.
The Black Experience in America Norman Coombs 2008

Quotes with DEBATE (3)

You know I love you, right?” The urge to kiss her goodbye was so strong that I almost broke our rules. She smiled, beautiful and golden in the late morning light. “Not as much as I love you.”“Oh, man. This is my dream come true: having an ‘I love you more’ debate. Here, I’ll start. I love you more. Your turn.” Sydney laughed and opened the door. “I’ve taken debate classes. You’d lose to my logic.
Richelle Mead The Fiery Heart
Questions of absolute good and evil are much better not opened to public debate these days, when so few people are sure of their absolutes
Sidney Howard
The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of fundamental justice, is radically different from the welfarist paradigm, which, in theory focuses on reducing suffering, and, in reality, focuses on tidying up animal exploitation at its economically inefficient edges. In science, those who subscribe to one paradigm are often unable to understand and engage those who subscribe to another pa…
Gary L. Francione
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 126 times in crossword archives (1954–2025).