Hamilton reflexively pulled the trigger, which would not be an instance of deloping. Ron Chernow's 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton gives that version. According...

fire their shot into the ground to exemplify courage (a practice known as deloping). The duel could then come to an end. Hamilton apparently fired a shot...

Agreeing to a signal was helpful. The Irish code banned the custom of deloping or deliberately discharging one's firearm into the ground (usually, well...

duel, without loss of either life or honor. However, doing so, known as deloping, could imply that one's opponent was not worth shooting. This practice...

differ as to whether he missed on purpose, an act known in duelling as a delope. Wellington claimed he did. However, he was noted for his poor aim and reports...

wrote that Alexander Hamilton counseled his son, telling him to engage in a delope, throwing away his first shot. The duel took place in Paulus Hook, New Jersey...

North Rhine-Westphalia. Like in other towns, some great retail areas have deloped apart from the centre in the outer parts of the town. A very special problem...

Director, Best Actress (Nathalie Codsi), Rising Star Award (Huw Huckstep) Deloping (7mins, Dir. by Jon Olav Stokke) Frank (12mins, Dir. by Jesse Briton &...

1840, at Point Pleasant. When Haliburton missed with his shot, Howe "deloped" deliberately missing by firing his gun in the air. (The last lethal duel...

opponent a blank load in his gun. He does not kill his opponent but instead delopes and accidentally shoots the top off a bottle thirty yards away, an action...