kill-to-death ratio
kill-to-death ratio noun: in multiplayer fighting and shooting video games, the number of kills a player scores divided by their number of deaths.
Noun
kill-to-death ratio (countable and uncountable, plural kill-to-death ratios)
- In multiplayer fighting and shooting video games, the number of kills a player scores divided by their number of deaths.
- While “dying” in a video game is not much of a consequence itself, most game types in FPS involve respawning, allowing players repeatedly to throw themselves back into the battle. Even a highly skilled player with thousands of hours in online multiplayer matches will have a kill-to-death ratio...2019, John Paul Wallis, Jay Mechling, “Playing Video Games”, in PTSD and Folk Therapy: Everyday Practices of American Masculinity in the Combat Zone, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 93
- Synonyms:
- kill-death ratio, K/D ratio, K/D, KDR
Synonyms of kill-to-death ratio
Forms of kill-to-death ratio
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Questions about kill-to-death ratio
- What does kill-to-death ratio mean?
- Kill-to-death ratio means in multiplayer fighting and shooting video games, the number of kills a player scores divided by their number of deaths.
- What part of speech is kill-to-death ratio?
- Kill-to-death ratio is a noun.
- What is the plural of kill-to-death ratio?
- The plural of kill-to-death ratio is kill-to-death ratios.
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