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permakill

permakill verb: to kill permanently, so as to prevent resurrection.

Verb

permakill (third-person singular simple present permakills, present participle permakilling, simple past and past participle permakilled)

  1. (informal, transitive) To kill permanently, so as to prevent resurrection.
    • Azathoth will no longer instantly permakill anyone who offends it. Instead 60% of max hitpoints are lost until amends are made.2012, getter77, “Triangle Wizard R 13.02 released”, in rec.games.roguelike.announce (Usenet)
    • At least the movies hadn't lied about how to permakill zombies. Shoot 'em in the head. Destroy the brain.2014, Dana Fredsti, Plague World

Forms of permakill

third-person singular presentpermakills
present participlepermakilling
past participlepermakilled
pastpermakilled

Origin of permakill

From perma- + kill.

Questions about permakill

What does permakill mean?
Permakill means to kill permanently, so as to prevent resurrection.
What part of speech is permakill?
Permakill is a verb.
What is the past tense of permakill?
The past tense of permakill is permakilled.

Words near permakill in the dictionary

  1. permahard
  2. permahigh
  3. permahighs
  4. permahon
  5. permahons
  6. permakill
  7. permakilled
  8. permakilling
  9. permakills
  10. permalancer
  11. permalancers

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