kite fighting

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kite fighting (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Indian subcontinent) A kite-flying contest, where the kites' strings are coated with an abrasive substance intended to cut an opponent's string.
    • 2024 August 21, Eléonore Hughes, “Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban”, in AP News[1]:
      Kite fighting has caused horrific injuries and even deaths, and a bill moving through Brazil’s Congress is seeking to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of the razor-sharp lines nationwide, with violators facing one to three years in prison and a hefty fine.

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