martial art

martial art
noun
any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport
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he had a black belt in the martial arts

• Hypernyms: ↑self-defense, ↑self-defence, ↑self-protection
• Hyponyms:

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noun
: any of several arts of combat and self-defense (as karate, judo, or kung fu) that are widely practiced as sport

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martial art noun
(usu in pl) any of various combative sports or methods of self-defence (usu of oriental origin) including karate and kung fu
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Main Entry: ↑martial

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martial art UK US noun [countable] [singular martial art plural martial arts] ★
a sport that is a traditional Asian form of fighting such as karate , judo , or kung fu
Thesaurus: martial artshyponym sports events and competitionshyponym

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martial art,
any one of the Oriental arts of fighting or self-defense, such as karate and aikido.

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noun, pl ⋯ arts [count]
: any one of several forms of fighting and self-defense (such as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sports

He was trained in the martial arts.

martial artist noun, pl ⋯ -ists [count]

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ˌmartial ˈart [martial art] noun usually plural
any of the fighting sports that include ↑judo and ↑karate

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