sudden death

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sudden death

–noun Sports.

an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.

Origin:
1825–35

Related forms:

sudden-death, adjective

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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.
sud'den-death' (sŭd'n-děth') adj.

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Slang Dictionary

sudden death

mod.
having to do with something short, quick, and decisive. : The game ended in a sudden death playoff.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sudden death
Function: noun
: unexpected death that is instantaneous or occurs within minutes or hours from any cause other than violence <suddendeath following coronary occlusion>; especially : SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

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