estocadan.
/ɛstə(ʊ)ˈkɑːdə/ Bullfighting.
The final thrust of the matador's sword, driven between the bull's shoulder blades to kill it. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > actions of bullfighter
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1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 790/1 The stroke (estocada) is usually given..half running.., the espada delivering the thrust while stepping forward, the bull usually standing still.
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xix. 258 With the sword he was a secure and rapid killer. His estocadas always looked wonderful.
1948 E. Waugh in Horizon May 329 The most resolute modernist, if she is also a girl of genuine literary taste, must delight in the grace and precision of this series of estocadas.
1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 20 The..lidia (‘bullfight’..)..is said to be divided into the tercio of the vara.., of the banderillas; and the faena, which includes the estocada, or kill.
1985 Chicago Tribune 1 Sept. iii. 11/1 Mr. Cubero delivered the final sword thrust, or estocada, as the sun was setting and stood waiting for the 990-pound animal to fall.
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