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sudden death

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sudden death
n.
Extra play added to determine the winner of a tied game, often with the victory awarded to the first to score.
sudden-death (sdn-dth) adj.
sudden death
n
1. (General Sporting Terms) (in sports, etc.) an extra game or contest to decide the winner of a tied competition
2. an unexpected or quick death
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Noun1.sudden death - (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie


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Before another hour had passed, the disclosure of the husband's sudden death was followed by the suspense of the wife's mortal peril.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Granted that my fancy for Hetty was only a cloud of illusions, still I could not, within a few days of her sudden death, go in cold blood to take part in a grotesque and heathenish mummery over her coffin.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
235 less than it had done nine months before when it was bought by the distinguished collector whose sudden death had brought it once more under the hammer.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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