deaggro
deaggro verb: to become no longer aggressive towards the player's character.
Verb
deaggro (third-person singular simple present deaggros or deaggroes, present participle deaggroing, simple past and past participle deaggroed)
- To become no longer aggressive towards the player's character.
- Egotistical mage (aren't they all?) intentionally frostbolts a spectator. While we watched, he ran to the doorway where they would emerge and died a quick death at their hands. Then they deaggro'd and went back upstairs.2006 November 3, AlphaWoolf, “Re: 5 hours in UBRS and all I got was this lousy Beaststalker ...”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
- I found with lvl 66-67 mobs, I could get within 8 yards (the range where shoot turns red for being too close) without aggro. If a mob did aggro (and was a melee mob, not tried casters yet), just hopping high enough that I'm out of melee range causes it to deaggro.2007 January 10, Catriona R, “Flying mounts and aggro”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
- To cause (a non-player character) to become no longer aggressive towards the player's character.
- Now I'm left with a mob that they have tagged, but with enough DoTs on it that I've got aggro. They usually want ME to have to kill the thing so that they can come back and loot it. I don't care how much extra time it takes me; in this scenario I ALWAYS run until I deaggro the the^([sic]) thing.2007 April 17, Mike Gaskins, “Re: Am I just getting old?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
- It's probably best to hide a bit and de-aggro him unless you can shoot him through the bars. The gate here can be unlocked if you've invested into lockpicking as it is an [ Advanced ] lock. There are also some Bobby Pins near the gate you should pick up regardless.2015 December 16, GamerGuides.com, Fallout 4 – Strategy Guide, Gamer Guides, →ISBN
Examples of deaggro in a sentence
- Every time I engaged one warrior, I would end up having to run across the dungeon just to deaggro the minions I couldn’t/shouldn’t kill.2020 June 26, u/FadedVictor, “Finally stopped using revolution today”, in r/runescape (Reddit post), archived from the original on 07 Jun...
- Leaving the boss chamber had always been enough to deaggro the boss before now.2021 April 7, Udon Kamono, Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party: Volume 4, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:
Synonyms of deaggro
Antonyms
Forms of deaggro
| third-person singular present | deaggros |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | deaggroes |
| present participle | deaggroing |
| past participle | deaggroed |
| past | deaggroed |
| alternative form | de-aggro |
Origin of deaggro
From de- + aggro.
Questions about deaggro
- What does deaggro mean?
- Deaggro means to become no longer aggressive towards the player's character.
- How do you use deaggro in a sentence?
- Every time I engaged one warrior, I would end up having to run across the dungeon just to deaggro the minions I couldn’t/shouldn’t kill.
- What part of speech is deaggro?
- Deaggro is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deaggro?
- The past tense of deaggro is deaggroed.
Words near deaggro in the dictionary
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