blood sport

noun

1
: a sport or contest (such as hunting or cockfighting) involving bloodshed
2
: a ruthless or cutthroat competition or conflict
… the blood sport that is political blogging.Massimo Calabresi

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Trump wants to stage a blood sport on the same ground. Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025 Social media companies have turned our differences into entertainment, our disagreements into blood sport, and our fellow citizens into enemies. Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 None of that is true—they were bred for blood sports. Mark Holgate, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2025 Soon, uptown condos like 15 Central Park West and 220 Central Park South, built in the fashion of the best prewar co-ops but with central air, liberal subletting and pet policies, and a slew of amenities, made the blood sport of vying to buy in a co-op like 820 Fifth or 720 Park seem kind of silly. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood sport

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blood sport was in 1886

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“Blood sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20sport. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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