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Definition of "bullfighting" [bullfighting]

  • A performance art popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range. (noun)

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Use "bullfighting" in a sentence
  • "Sadly, bullfighting is still very much alive in Spain, with the colorful posters covering every bare space of public wall with the lionized torero or bullfighter shown in regal splendor."
  • "The statute would therefore outlaw the sale in the United States of a bullfighting video produced in Spain (since bullfighting is not legal in the United States), the sale of any hunting video or magazine in the District of Columbia (since no hunting is allowed in the District) or the sale of a crossbow hunting video or magazine in the many states which allow hunting with compound bows but not with crossbows."
  • "Ivan Aguinaga/Associated Press Jallikattu is an ancient Pongal, or Tamil harvest festival, tradition in south India, though it's not as well known as the bullfighting that originated in Spain."