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sudden death

noun

Sports.
  1. 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.


sudden death

noun

  1. (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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܻd-𲹳ٳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sudden death1

First recorded in 1825–35
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But Walter’s sudden death by suicide has left everyone in his circle, including Apollo, shocked and grieving.

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Quintanilla-Perez was born in 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, and became one of the most influential Latin artists of all time before her sudden death at just 23.

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There were 21 goals across four games, three of which went to extra time and two all the way to sudden death in a shootout.

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It can result in the sudden deaths of previously healthy animals including sheep and cattle.

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In the documentary, Brown recounts his last interaction with Porter before her sudden death from pneumonia in 2018, stating, “It was two, three weeks prior to her murder — am I supposed to say ‘allegedly’?”

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