Meaning

(video games, slang) To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill..

Definitions by Sense

1. (video games, slang) To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.
2. (Internet slang) To rapidly overwhelm and gain influence over (someone).
3. (Internet slang, especially of genAI) To successfully complete a task in a single try.
4. Alternative form of one-shot.

Example Sentences

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.

Thus, to generalise wildly for much larger regions on the basis of oneshot research is, to put it mildly, quite foolhardy.

Word Forms

• oneshots
• oneshotting
• oneshotted

Synonyms for one shot

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When Should You Use One shot?

Use one shot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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