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headshot

headshot

3 8.3
A gunshot that hits a person's head and often kills them
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌʃɑt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : disparo en la cabeza
  • What's wrong with the headshot?

But yeah, to survive a headshot again, lower caliber, smaller velocity.

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Examples

  • I've gotta go in with this headshot.

  • Left with no option, Sam springs from cover and pops the guard in the face with a headshot.

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  • Mine was a headshot, clean.

  • I had to hold onto their shoulder and then just get the headshot, you know, like that.

  • Seconds later... I take Calvini out with a headshot.

  • Take your time and line up your shots to get headshots.

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  • A few clean headshots later, and he sprints up to a rock cliff.

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  • You can refill it by, for instance, hiding bodies; taking out targets; headshots, I think, refill it too.

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  • Blade moves like speed personified, firing off one, two, three headshots with brain-numbing accuracy, cutting down the vampires where they stand.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The assassin aimed carefully before delivering a fatal headshot that ended the mission.

Synonyms

to shot
vsheadshot
73 1.9

To fire a gun or hit something with a bullet

is a specific attack aimed at the skull to incapacitate or kill

Antonyms

1.0

To fail to reach or hit something you aim for

Surface Forms

headshot singular
headshots plural

Morphology

headshot = head + shot (transparent) = head + shot

Direct compound: 'head' + 'shot' denotes a shot aimed at the head; the violent sense is a straightforward composition of the parts.

Etymology

Headshot joins the parts head and shot, meaning a 'shot' aimed at the 'head'. In video games and real life, a headshot is a hit to the head that often causes instant death or very serious damage.