fast-breaking


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Adj.1.fast-breaking - occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession; "the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion"
news article, news story, newspaper article - an article reporting news
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
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"Eid al-Fitr" or "Feast of the Fast-Breaking" is celebrated with a morning of congregational prayers followed by lunches, festivities, gift giving and family visits.
In his remarks in appreciation of the Ramadhan fast-breaking, the Acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, leading retired Chief Justices, some Justices of the Supreme Court and heads of courts in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT assured the nation that judiciary will continue to do its best in safeguarding the country's democracy.
His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Prince also held an iftar (fast-breaking) banquets for the guests.
They prepare the fast-breaking table that may vary from one governorate to another.
Dr Saeed Ahmad told this scribe that during fast-breaking timing, people should avoid fried food.
He covers the foods of a Christian: food, religion, and Inquisition; kitchens and neighbors: food, gender, and community; the eaters: fast-breaking protest in Reformation Z'rich; sausage makers and cheese hunters: the cultural context of Reformation fast-breaking; dining with demons: food, witchcraft and evil; and plain hunger and necessity: food, crime, and community.
Amman, June 7 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, on Thursday attended an iftar (Ramadan's fast-breaking meal) banquet hosted by the army's Border Guards Battalion at the southern military zone.
After that, they visited Arad Fort to see the fast-breaking cannon and ate the Iftar meal at the Seef Mall in Muharraq.
The Omani society welcomes the blessed month of Ramadan with happiness, starting with the moon-sighting, shopping, buying Ramadan supplies, mass fast-breaking in mosques, Taraweeh prayers, reciting the Holy Quran, celebrating Qaranqashu, Habta (Market preceding Eid) and Eid Al Fitr.
He also laid a wreath at the memorial to the martyrs of the special forces in the barracks and shared a fast-breaking dinner with the military, according to a press release from the Presidency of the Republic.
However, the Mohawks defence allowed Bradford to score freely in a fast-breaking
Speaking during an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner on Friday, Erdoy-an said he hopes a government which represents the majority in Parliament is formed as soon as possible.