Thanos-snap

Definitions

To make (something) suddenly disappear.

informal

Examples

“If we Thanos-snapped Harris, Buttigieg, Booker, O'Rourke, Yang, Klobuchar, Castro, Bennet, Bullock, Delaney, Gabbard, Ryan, Williamson, Steyer, and De Blasio out of existence, here's what the field would look⟳ like⟳, according to the polls we've conducted this summer: […]”

“Link's ship crashes on a paradise-like island where he's told by an owl that the only way he can get⟳ out is by awakening the egg atop the mountain. That's the game. Pretty simple and innocent-sounding... until you realize⟳ at the end⟳ of the game that awakening the egg basically Thanos snaps the whole island. Every single friend you make⟳, resident, and happy person in paradise dead and gone forever. That's a wee bit dark.”

“But some of those good honeymoon-period vibes got Thanos-snapped away from PlayStation and Insomniac in an instant when Sony and Disney wouldn't play⟳ nice.”

“You don't want⟳ to have⟳ to "Thanos snap⟳" half the population out of existence in order⟳ to get⟳ to a point⟳ where the peasants are doing better.”

“Reaction to the changes is decidedly mixed at this point⟳: Some players are eager to try⟳ a more structured take⟳ on Overwatch PvP, while others predict⟳ the end⟳ of tank relevance: As redditor kooog put⟳ it, "OWL tanks just got Thanos snapped."”

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