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- noun A
team sport resemblingdodgeball in whichplayers are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If there is any sport at the Paralympics with the potential to cross over and become mainstream entertainment, it is "murderball" - the violent crashing and bashing of the gladiator ...
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A documentary about the world championships of what used to be called murderball and is now called quadriplegic rugby 1, full-contact rugby played by quadriplegics who use wheelchairs resembling the lower half of Daleks.
[film] Murderball (ihsp) badger 2005
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I would like to watch murderball aka wheelchair rugby.
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Few women play the hard-hitting sport also known as "murderball," which was featured in an Oscar-nominated film of the same name in 2005.
First British woman to play wheelchair rugby in Paralympics BA Haller 2008
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Oh! also, saw your post re: paralympics and wondered if you'd seen "murderball"?
security 2006
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I didn't for example know that such a sport actually existedcharmingly called 'murderball' although there was no evidence that anyone had indeed been murdered during the sportbut turns out there is and it's fun to watch.
Don't believe anyone-certainly not me Minzo 2006
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I didn't for example know that such a sport actually existedcharmingly called 'murderball' although there was no evidence that anyone had indeed been murdered during the sportbut turns out there is and it's fun to watch.
Archive 2006-02-01 Minzo 2006
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I know you guys aren't afraid of playing "murderball," but are your families worried about you reinjuring yourself at all?
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Wheelchair rugby - or "murderball" as it's known to most fans - has its own welding shop in the Olympic Village to repair dents and busted chairs resulting from high-speed collisions.
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According to the CPSC numbers, watching “murderball” as detractors deem it could be more dangerous than playing it, since bleachers cause eight times as many injuries as the game itself.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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