instakill

English

Etymology

From insta- +‎ kill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnstəˌkɪl/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

instakill (plural instakills)

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

     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.)

Adjective

instakill (not comparable)

1. (board games, video games, slang) Having the ability to instantly kill.
   • 1994, Mike Hall, “Re: Best incarnations of characters..”, in alt.games.sf2‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.

   • 1999, Richard Cortese, “Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?”, in alt.games.everquest‎^[3] (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.

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

See also

• instadeath
• permadeath