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bullfight Definition

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

bullfight Related Forms
bull′·fight′er noun bull′·fight′·ing noun
bullfight Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attend: A fairly recent regulation has astonishingly repealed a 65-year old royal decree which forbade children under the age of 14 from attending bullfights.
  • see: Unfortunately my dad decided we should go to see a bullfight.
  • watch: Unfortunately, there is no law to stop children watching bullfights - they are admitted for free.
  • stop: The runners chanted, " Stop the bloody bullfights!

Adjective modifier

  • Spanish: One of the most important themes in the 1934 drawing is that of the Spanish bullfight.
  • first: Notice the singular - the first bullfight for the bull is also his last.

Modifies a noun

  • theme: Picasso's use of the bullfight theme appears to have an association with the Mithraic cult.

Noun used with modifier

  • style: In Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic similar rulings have been made following attempts to set up Spanish style bullfights.