"death game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death games [plural]
Etymology: From death + game. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|death|game}} death + game Head templates: {{en-noun}} death game (plural death games)
  1. (fiction) A subgenre of battle royal in which the winner is the only person, team or faction that survives, outlasting all others; a game of survival. Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-death_game-en-noun-pJzdQvPQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

Inflected forms

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