kite fighting

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noun

(in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his ownSee also glass string

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Words nearby kite fighting

kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware, kite, kite fighting, kiteflying, Kitemark, kitembilla, kitenge, kitesurfing

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How to use kite fighting in a sentence

First, one fights with another, then they make an alliance, then they go back to fighting each other.
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Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.
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He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.
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So here we are with Abbas being the only one of three parties to this conflict still fighting for a two-state solution.
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Just a week before the start of a new Congress, the new House majority whip is fighting for his political life.
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There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
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He thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.
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He has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.
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It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
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They held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.
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