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sudden deaths

sudden deaths is the plural of sudden death.

Meaning of sudden death

Noun

sudden death (countable and uncountable, plural sudden deaths)

  1. (countable) An instantaneous, unexpected death not caused by violence or trauma.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    sudden victory
  3. (India, historical, slang) A meal of a chicken freshly slaughtered and spatchcocked.
    • 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. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sudden, death.

Questions about sudden deaths

What is sudden deaths the plural of?
Sudden deaths is the plural of sudden death.

Words near sudden deaths in the dictionary

  1. sudden
  2. sudden adult death syndrome
  3. sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
  4. sudden death
  5. sudden death syndrome
  6. sudden deaths
  7. sudden fiction
  8. sudden fictions
  9. sudden infant death syndrome
  10. sudden oak death
  11. sudden sniffing death syndrome

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