"murderball" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: murder + ball * (dodgeball): "murder" as a synonym for being eliminated by being struck by the ball * (wheelchair rugby): "murder" from the aggressive full-contact nature of this ball-based sport Etymology templates: {{compound|en|murder|ball}} murder + ball, {{sense|dodgeball}} (dodgeball):, {{sense|wheelchair rugby}} (wheelchair rugby): Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} murderball (uncountable)
  1. A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Translations (dodgeball): polttopallo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-murderball-en-noun-4ucCWSJL Disambiguation of Sports: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'dodgeball': 72 28
  2. Wheelchair rugby. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms (wheelchair rugby): quad rugby, wheelchair rugby Translations (wheelchair rugby): rugby-fauteuil [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-murderball-en-noun-o~4nDifQ Disambiguation of Sports: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'wheelchair rugby': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'wheelchair rugby': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: killerball

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