instakill

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English

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Etymology

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From insta- +‎ kill.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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instakill (plural instakills)

  1. (board games, video games, slang) An instant kill.
    • 2006, Joe Bednorz, “Re: How do warrior types ever get the hang of spells?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack[1] (Usenet):
      Poisoned projectiles have a 10% chance of an instakill vs non-poison-resistant monsters. (Note that the Tsurugi of Murumasa and Vorpal Blade only have a 5% chance of an instakill.)

Adjective

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instakill (not comparable)

  1. (board games, video games, slang) Having the ability to instantly kill.
    • 1994, Mike Hall, “Re: Best incarnations of characters..”, in alt.games.sf2[2] (Usenet):
      Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.
    • 1999, Richard Cortese, “Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?”, in alt.games.everquest[3] (Usenet):
      The level of frustration is subjective. As long as everyone has the same instakill mobs there is a level playing field ergo I live with it. The instakill mobs do decrease the amount of adventuring you can do w/o being high level, so that is a personal pain in the butt for me.

Verb

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instakill (third-person singular simple present instakills, present participle instakilling, simple past and past participle instakilled)

  1. To perform an instakill; to kill instantly.

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See also

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