Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

death save

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: death save
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A maneuver in which the player roughly shifts the entire machine in an attempt to bring the ball back into play when it is almost certain to drain otherwise.

Example Sentences

"He slapped the flippers, racking up points, the feeling of invincibility swelling as he pulled off a perfect death save."
"A “death save,” for example, involves thrusting the entire machine against an already drained ball, nudging it via a series of clever angles back into play."

Inflected Forms

death saves (plural)

Questions

What does death save mean?: A maneuver in which the player roughly shifts the entire machine in an attempt to bring the ball back into play when it is almost certain to drain otherwise.

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