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sudden death en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable) An instantaneous, unexpected death not caused by violence or trauma.
2. (countable, uncountable) A period or mode of play in which the next player or team to score wins instantly; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play.
3. (India, countable, historical, slang, uncountable) A meal of a chicken freshly slaughtered and spatchcocked.
   • Our next dish is one which has shown no signs of scarcity since we reached India, — the ever present chicken, or “sudden death,” as it is called here, from the Anglo-Indian custom of cooking a fowl that has been running about the garden half an hour before. 1892, Mary Thorn Carpenter, A Girl's Winter in India, page 209:
   • An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the genius of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […] 1866, Frederick F. Wyman, From Calcutta to the Snowy Range, page 330:
4. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sudden, death.

Forms

Relateds

sudden unexplained death syndrome · sudden arrhythmic death syndrome · golden goal · sudden death syndrome · sudden unexpected death syndrome · Yunnan sudden death syndrome

Synonyms

sudden victory

Translations (35)

fi äkkikuolema (instantaneous death) · ko 돌발사 (instantaneous death) · ru скоропости́жная смерть (instantaneous death) · ca joc decisiu (mode of play) · uk на́гла смерть (instantaneous death) · fr mort subite (mode of play) · el ξαφνικός θάνατος (mode of play) · pt morte súdita (mode of play) · ko 돌연사 (instantaneous death) · fi äkkikuolema (mode of play) · ja 突然死 (instantaneous death) · ca mort sobtada (mode of play) · el αιφνίδιος θάνατος (instantaneous death) · hu hirtelen halál (mode of play) · ca mort sobtada (instantaneous death) · is bráðabani (mode of play) · ms mati mengejut (instantaneous death) · sw kifo cha ghafla (instantaneous death) · ar مَوْت الفَجْأَة (instantaneous death) · fr mort subite (instantaneous death) · es muerte súbita (mode of play) · de plötzlicher Tod (instantaneous death) · is skyndilegur dauði (instantaneous death) · cmn 猝死 (instantaneous death) · is skyndidauði (instantaneous death) · sw fajaa (instantaneous death) · es muerte súbita (instantaneous death) · ky мүрт (instantaneous death) · mi mate ohorere (instantaneous death) · hu hirtelen halál (instantaneous death) · ru внеза́пная смерть (instantaneous death) · frp sodo fá (instantaneous death) · es muerte repentina (instantaneous death) · ja サドンデス (mode of play) · ko 서든 데스 (mode of play)