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Meaning of oneshot | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.
    slang
  2. To rapidly overwhelm and gain influence over (someone).
    Internet
  3. To successfully complete a task in a single try.
    Internet, especially

Equivalents

Deutsch one-shotten
Italiano oneshottare

Examples

“Can't wait for people to say "Finally, he is basically designed to be a jungler with his W and R anyways" followed by "Pantheon jng is so toxic and uninteractive with global ganks and point and click stun while oneshotting me and being immune to damage, 200 years rito".”
“The CIA couldn't have dreamed up a oneshotting as effective as sending thousands of American girls to RedNote”
“who would win: hard righties' aversion to race-mixing, or a mild-mannered actress/model from Hokkaido whose pic is currently oneshotting dudes like she's an ayahuasca trip”
“Furry is a dangerous thing because you either find a group of friends who are well-adjusted and generally beneficial to your life as a whole or you get socially oneshotted by creeps and become an evil sex pervert forever”
“This whole thread is a goldmine of women who have been oneshotted by parasocial relationships. Yap hands in abundance.”
“Demo oneshotting a multiplayer Pong in Go ↓”
“It's one thing for an AI to oneshot a 2D Javascript game like a frogger or tetris clone, it's another for an AI to do all of the work that goes into designing and making a full scale indie RPG or more complex game on the scale of Stardew Valley or Rimworld, or even a decent visual novel.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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