Cheated Death

Entertainment / Video Games / Cheated Death: A term used to describe how you miraculously survived a hopeless situation. Often seen in games like Galaxian.
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Other Words for Death

Death Noun Synonyms: demise, decease, passing, dying, end
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Permadeath

Entertainment / Video Games / Permadeath: A blend of 'permanent' and 'death.' The act of a player choosing to have his character be killed off for good, and not revived or respawned in any way. MORE

Payable-On-Death

Business / Taxes / Payable-On-Death: A bank account titled payable-on-death (POD) lets you name one or more beneficiaries to whom the assets are paid when you die. POD accounts can be useful estate planning tools in the states where they MORE

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Science / Biology / Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): A disorder resulting in the unexpected death during sleep of infants, usually between the ages of two weeks and one year. The causes are not fully understood, but are believed to involve failure of au MORE

Sudden-Death Overtime

Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Sudden-Death Overtime: An overtime period that ends as soon as one team scores a goal, determining the winner and terminating the game. MORE

Transferable-On-Death

Business / Taxes / Transferable-On-Death: A securities or brokerage account titled transferable-on-death (TOD) lets you name one or more beneficiaries, to whom the account assets are transferred when you die. TOD accounts are available only i MORE

Threefold Death

Entertainment / Literature / Threefold Death: According to Dan Wiley's entry in Duffy's Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, threefold death is a motif of the early Irish aideda in which a victim is killed by three different means in rapid successi MORE