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crowd control

crowd control

4.6
Abilities that stop many enemies from moving or acting
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : control de masas
  • In the chaotic battle, she used her crowd control skills to freeze several enemies in place.

Examples

  • Whereas Lilith was a lightweight close-range damage powerhouse, Maya prefers to use her abilities for a bit of crowd control support at range.

    Blog text (27)

  • More crowd control?

    Jane Doe (2001)

  • He inspected the drum (Fig. 11), did some crowd control, issued instructions, and eventually got into the drum (Fig. 12) dressed in an old shirt, long trousers, and leather shoes.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The magician employed powerful crowd control spells to manage the attacking foes simultaneously.

  • During the fight, his ability to apply crowd control allowed the team to regroup and strategize.

How Wide

crowd control
  • Jargon
4.6
single
976 1.0

Surface Forms

crowd control singular
crowd controls plural

Morphology

crowd + control

The meaning 'abilities or effects that restrain or manage multiple enemies' is directly derivable from combining 'crowd' (a group of people or things) with 'control' (to direct or restrain). This is a straightforward noun-noun compound following normal compositional semantics and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand the phrase even if they are new to gaming jargon.

Etymology

Crowd control in gaming uses the same basic picture: a group of foes, the crowd, being stopped or slowed by a net, trap, or spell, the control, so they cannot attack. That's why it means 'abilities or effects that restrain or manage several enemies at once'.