oneshot

Verb

oneshot (third-person singular simple present oneshots, present participle oneshotting, simple past and past participle oneshotted)

1. (slang) To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.
   • Can't wait for people to say "Finally, he is basically designed to be a jungler with his W and R anyways" followed by "Pantheon jng is so toxic and uninteractive with global ganks and point and click stun while oneshotting me and being immune to damage, 200 years rito".2022 July 18, u/CrystalizedSeraphine, “Pantheon PBE buff: Q monster damage increased from 70% to 120%”, in Reddit, r/leagueoflegends, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025

   Synonyms:

   one-hit kill, OHK, one-tap

2. (Internet) To rapidly overwhelm and gain influence over (someone).
   • The CIA couldn't have dreamed up a oneshotting as effective as sending thousands of American girls to RedNote2025 January 18, @venturetwins, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2025
   • who would win: hard righties' aversion to race-mixing, or a mild-mannered actress/model from Hokkaido whose pic is currently oneshotting dudes like she's an ayahuasca trip2025 July 26, @hradzka, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025
3. (Internet, especially) To successfully complete a task in a single try.
   • Demo oneshotting a multiplayer Pong in Go ↓2025 September 8, @rauchg, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025
   • It's one thing for an AI to oneshot a 2D Javascript game like a frogger or tetris clone, it's another for an AI to do all of the work that goes into designing and making a full scale indie RPG or more complex game on the scale of Stardew Valley or Rimworld, or even a decent visual novel.2025 September 17, u/MachinationMachine, “TheInformation - OpenAI's Models Are Getting Too Smart For Their Human Teachers”, in Reddit, r/singularity, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025