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headshot

headshot

6 8.3
A gunshot that hits a person's head and often kills them
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌʃɑt/
  • Offensive
: 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
∞ 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

549 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.