touchback

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1. (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone (noun.act)

hypernym	:	football play,
definition	:	(American football) a play by the offensive team (noun.act)

domain category	:	american football, american football game,
definition	:	a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays (noun.act)