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blood sport

DEFINITIONS OF: blood sport

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n sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)

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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
battue
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
beagling
hunting rabbits with beagles
coursing
hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
deer hunt, deer hunting
hunting deer
duck hunting, ducking
hunting ducks
fox hunting, foxhunt
mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
pigsticking
the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
Type of:
athletics, sport
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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