Home›Browse›S›sudden deathsudden deathOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutessudden deathsudden death — nounnoun1. a way of deciding a winner in a tied game by playing one more round, and the fir1.nounDefinitiona way of deciding a winner in a tied game by playing one more round, and the first to score winsExampleThe match went into sudden death after a tie.