instakill

plural instakills

1. slangboard gamesvideo gamesAn instant kill.

   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.)

   2006, Joe Bednorz, “Re: How do warrior types ever get the hang of spells?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

1. not comparableslangboard gamesvideo gamesHaving the ability to instantly kill.

   Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.

   1994, Mike Hall, “Re: Best incarnations of characters..”, in alt.games.sf2 (Usenet)

   1 more example

   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.

   1999, Richard Cortese, “Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

present singular third person instakills · participle present instakilling · participle past instakilled · past instakilled

1. To perform an instakill; to kill instantly.

   Synonyms: one-hit kill, OHK