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Examples:sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)—a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity—sudden death (play-off in sporting competition)—(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so—sudden attack of a serious illness—(particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder—sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)—murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear—sudden and violent attack—Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)—sudden big and impressive event (sound, flash, burst, wind)—fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness—fig. (of business, popularity etc) suffer a sudden, devastating decline—fig. sudden torrent of abuse—a sudden heat wave (weather)—sudden big stride forward—sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)—lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature—with a sudden shock, bang etc—sudden and unexpected disaster [idiom.]—classifier for brief and often sudden actions— |