Playoff
Playoff noun - Any final competition to determine a championship.
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Synonyms for Playoff
Sudden death and playoff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sudden death" instead a noun "Playoff".
Sudden death
Sudden death noun - (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf.
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Synonyms for Sudden death
Playoff and sudden death are semantically related. You can use "Playoff" instead a noun phrase "Sudden death".
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Related pairs
- match and playoff
- match and sudden death
- tournament and playoff
- tournament and sudden death
- contest and playoff
- contest and sudden death
- event and playoff
- event and sudden death
- game and playoff
- game and sudden death
- bout and playoff
- bout and sudden death
- competition and playoff
- competition and sudden death
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He led them to victory in the "greatest game ever played", a 1958 playoff against the New York Giants that featured the first "sudden death" overtime.
- Tiger Woods won the 2008 US Open through four 18 holes rounds, an 18 hole playoff, and 1 sudden death playoff hole after still being tied with Rocco Mediate after 90 holes.
Source: You Can Barely Stand -
There are six different modes of Blitz; Exhibition, Season, Playoff, The Scramble, Sudden Death and Super Sudden Death, with each one having progressively more waves and enemies per wave as well as a noticeable rise in difficulty in terms of a Bot's health and damage-dealing ability.
Source: Video Game / Monday Night Combat
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