blood sport

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noun

any sport involving killing or the shedding of blood, as bullfighting, cockfighting, or hunting.

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Origin of blood sport

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby blood sport

blood royal, blood sausage, blood serum, bloodshed, bloodshot, blood sport, bloodstain, bloodstained, bloodstock, bloodstock industry, bloodstone

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How to use blood sport in a sentence

There was a disconnect between what outsiders perceived as a dated blood sport and the holistic, healthy lifestyle LaVere and so many others were living.
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Toussaint may be demilitarized, but tradition is sacred here … and the citizens enjoy blood sport as much as anyone else in the Nilfgaardian Empire.
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Blood Sport is filled with big conclusions that are undermined by the known facts.
In Defense of A-Roid|Allen Barra|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Nutrition science is a blood sport,” Nina Teicholz concluded after nearly a decade observing how science gets done.
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Politics in the first Southern primary state is a blood sport, with no blow considered too low.
On to South Carolina: The Nastiest Primary State|Michelle Cottle|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This is the big league, and politics is a blood sport here, a tradition going back hundreds of years.
Why Women Don't Win Massachusetts|Linda Killian|October 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For those who see politics as an ideological blood sport, this is a victory—the triumph of cynical experience over hope.
Summer of Hate|John Avlon|August 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for blood sport

blood sport

noun

any sport involving the killing of an animal, esp hunting

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