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tie·break·er  (tbrkr)
n.
An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak.
tiebreaking adj.
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Noun1.tiebreaker - overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
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19 Kyodo Hichori Morimoto had a tiebreaking bases-clearing triple in the ninth inning and the Nippon Ham Fighters came from behind to defeat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 on Saturday.
Baseball: Morimoto triple lifts F's over Buffaloes by Japan Weekly Monitor
Allen, who snapped his shooting slump on Monday, made a tiebreaking three-pointer with two seconds left and finished with 30 points as the Celtics levelled the first round series at one game each.
Allen's three-pointer lifts NBA Celtics over Bulls by AFP / AFP American Edition
Vancouver's Randy Edwini-Bonsu tied the score at 1-1 in the final seconds of regulation and tallied the tiebreaking goal in overtime.
SOCCER: QUAKES FEEL AFTERSHOCKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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