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bull·fight (bo̵ol′fīt′)
noun
a spectacle in which a bull is first provoked in various ways and then maneuvered into position by a matador, whose task is to kill it with the thrust of a sword: it is one of a series in a public program called a corrida, popular in Spain and Spanish America
Related Forms:
- bullfighter bull′·fight′er noun
- bullfighting bull′·fight′·ing noun
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