DEATH MATCH Definition & Meaning

death match

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noun

Professional Wrestling. a type of wrestling match in which dangerous objects such as nail-studded props, glass, and barbed wire are allowed in a graphically brutal and bloody spectacle.
a genre of multiplayer video game in which a player’s goal is to kill or otherwise eliminate opponents’ player characters from the match.
a literal or metaphorical fight to the death in which a combatant becomes the victor by eliminating one or more enemies: In a pizza topping death match, who would win—classic pepperoni or exotic pineapple?
The slasher film Freddy vs. Jason pits the two horror icons against each other in a gory death match.
In a pizza topping death match, who would win—classic pepperoni or exotic pineapple?

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Origin of death match¹

First recorded in 1955–60 death match fordef 1, in 1970–75 death match fordef 3, and in 1990–95 death match fordef 2

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The customary end-of-episode cliffhanger saw either Fozia or Leon facing murder ahead of Wednesday's seventh episode in a card game called death match.

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The medical board does not name patients in its accusations, but details of her surgery and death match those of Johnson, whose husband sued Naim and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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The Hollywood sketch and improv mecca pits “Gays vs. Straights,” in a “gameshow death match” June 1, the venue’s first all trans/gender-nonconforming/nonbinary improv team delivers “QT’s Present…Joy!”

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Ice cream dates will likely be no match against an opposition that is offering a political version of a steel cage death match and the terror dome.

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And that happy participation in pop’s celebrity death match is a crucial distinction from recent work by Billie Eilish and Lorde, who seem perpetually on the lookout for an escape from the highly scrutinized lives they’ve created.

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