RDM

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verb

To arbitrarily kill players in a video game, typically players on one's own team when friendly fire is enabled.

“Do not RDM in the lobby.”

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Meanings

verbRDM (third-person singular simple present RDMs, present participle RDMing, simple past and past participle RDMed)

present singular third person RDMs · participle present RDMing · participle past RDMed · past RDMed

  1. video gamesTo arbitrarily kill players in a video game, typically players on one's own team when friendly fire is enabled.

    Do not RDM in the lobby.

    1 more example

    Most servers have limitations on what’s acceptable for wardens and guards to do, but that’s mostly to prevent RDMing

    2017 January 25, John Butler, “Archived copy”, in The Inquisitr, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2017

Origin

Initialism of random deathmatch.

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APA

RDM. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RDM

MLA

“RDM.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RDM. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “RDM,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RDM.

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