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English
Etymology
insta- + kill
Pronunciation
Noun
instakill (plural instakills)
- (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 (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
instakill (not comparable)
- (board games, video games, slang) Having the ability to instantly kill.
1994, Mike Hall, “Re: Best incarnations of characters..”, in alt.games.sf2 (Usenet):Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.
1999, Richard Cortese, “Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?”, in alt.games.everquest (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
instakill (third-person singular simple present instakills, present participle instakilling, simple past and past participle instakilled)
- To perform an instakill; to kill instantly.
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