sudden violence (noun)
1sudden death — noun (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf • Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hypernyms: ↑overtime, ↑extra time * * * noun [noncount] 1 …
2sudden death — noun Date: 14th century 1. unexpected death that is instantaneous or occurs within minutes from any cause other than violence < sudden death following coronary occlusion > 2. extra play to break a tie in a sports contest in which the first to… …
3sudden death — noun a) Instantaneous, unexpected death not caused by violence. b) The climax of a game, in which the next team to score instantly wins; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play …
4flash point — noun 1. point at which something is ready to blow up • Syn: ↑flashpoint • Hypernyms: ↑criticality 2. the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air • Syn: ↑flashpoint • …
5explosive device — noun device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy • Hypernyms: ↑device • Hyponyms: ↑bomb, ↑detonator, ↑detonating device, ↑cap, ↑fuel air explosive, ↑FAE, ↑ …
6outbreak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. outburst, eruption; rebellion, uprising, revolt, insurrection; disturbance. See disobedience, violence, beginning, attack. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sudden violent appearance] Syn. eruption, irruption …
7burst — [c]/bɜst / (say berst) verb (burst or, Archaic, bursted, bursting) –verb (i) 1. to fly apart or break open with sudden violence; explode. 2. to issue forth suddenly and forcibly from or as from confinement. 3. to break or give way from violent… …
8explode — verb (exploded; exploding) Etymology: Latin explodere to drive off the stage by clapping, from ex + plaudere to clap Date: 1605 transitive verb 1. archaic to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 2. to bring into disrepute or discredit <… …
9shiver — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German scivaro splinter Date: 13th century one of the small pieces into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence II. verb (shivered; shivering) Date: 13th century to break into many… …
10eruption — noun 1 explosion of a volcano ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, major, massive, violent ▪ It was the biggest eruption of Vesuvius for some years. ▪ explosive …
