oneshot
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Video games Slang To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.
- 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".2022 July 18, u/CrystalizedSeraphine, “Pantheon PBE buff: Q monster damage increased from 70% to 120%”, in Reddit, r/leagueoflegends, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
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Internet To rapidly overwhelm and gain influence over (someone).
- The CIA couldn't have dreamed up a oneshotting as effective as sending thousands of American girls to RedNote2025 January 18, @venturetwins, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2025:
- 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 trip2025 July 26, @hradzka, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025:
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- 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 forever2025 August 31, @SavosAndSavos, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
- This whole thread is a goldmine of women who have been oneshotted by parasocial relationships. Yap hands in abundance.2025 October 6, u/BadgerInABun, “The Daily Moby - 06 10 2025 - The News Megathread”, in Reddit, r/badunitedkingdom, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
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Internet, Especially, Of genAI To successfully complete a task in a single try.
- Demo oneshotting a multiplayer Pong in Go ↓2025 September 8, @rauchg, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
- 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.2025 September 17, u/MachinationMachine, “TheInformation - OpenAI's Models Are Getting Too Smart For Their Human Teachers”, in Reddit, r/singularity, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025: