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instakill

/ˈɪnstəˌkɪl/

instakill noun: an instant kill.

Noun

instakill (plural instakills)

  1. (slang, board games) An instant kill.
    • 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.)2006, Joe Bednorz, “Re: How do warrior types ever get the hang of spells?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

Adjective

instakill (not comparable)

  1. (slang, board games) Having the ability to instantly kill.
    • Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.1994, Mike Hall, “Re: Best incarnations of characters..”, in alt.games.sf2 (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.1999, Richard Cortese, “Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

Verb

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

  1. To perform an instakill; to kill instantly.
    Synonyms:
    one-hit kill, OHK

Synonyms of instakill

Forms of instakill

Noun
pluralinstakills
Verb
third-person singular presentinstakills
present participleinstakilling
past participleinstakilled
pastinstakilled

Origin of instakill

From insta- + kill.

Questions about instakill

What does instakill mean?
Instakill means an instant kill.
What part of speech is instakill?
Instakill can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce instakill?
Instakill is pronounced /ˈɪnstəˌkɪl/.
What is the plural of instakill?
The plural of instakill is instakills.

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