BLOOD SPORT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("blood sport" is a kind of...):

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood sport"):

bullfighting; tauromachy (the activity at a bullfight)

cockfighting (participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight)

hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

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