|gladēə|tōrēəl, -tȯr- adjective
1. : of, relating to, or suggestive of gladiators or the combats of gladiators
bloody gladiatorial spectacles
2. : inclined toward controversy or contention : quarrelsome
gladiatorial newspaper columnists
those gladiatorial contests in which the participants are encouraged to let their hostilities run riot — R.H.Wittcoff