"penalty kill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penalty kills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} penalty kill (plural penalty kills)
  1. (ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Synonyms: PK Translations (period during the game): alivoimapeli (Finnish), désavantage numérique [masculine] (French), infériorité numérique [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-penalty_kill-en-noun-LOwhdCpg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

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