instantaneous
adjective/ˌɪnstənˈteɪniəs/
Frequency rank: #11,294 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
happening or done immediately, with no delay.
Example sentence
The crash was so violent that the driver's death was instantaneous.
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