English

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?", rec.games.roguelike.nethack, 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..", alt.games.sf2, Usenet

     Quite true re 3 hit DP instakill combo.

   • 1999, Richard Cortese, "Re: Aren't games supposed to be fun?", alt.games.everquest, 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.

See also

• instadeath
• permadeath

Quotations

• 2006, David Conger and Ron Little, Creating Games in C++, A Step-by-Step Guide, page 166

  Designing the game includes tasks such as figuring out where to hide the Singing Sword of Power or what happens when you fire a 1000-MegaHurt InstaKill Thunderbomb at the Disgusting Fangbeast of Blort.