kill steal
- noun
- Jargon
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robo de asesinato
- Players often get angry when someone performs a kill steal in a heated battle.
Examples
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Some games try to limit kill steal behavior by sharing rewards among team members.
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After his teammate's kill steal, David felt frustrated and left the game early.
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Don't kill steal from your teammates!
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Why do you kill steal so often?
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David was upset after his teammate's kill steal, feeling that he deserved the credit for the victory.
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During the match, many players complained about frequent kill steals, which made teamwork difficult.
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To maintain a good atmosphere, players should avoid kill steals during cooperative gameplay.
Synonyms
To try to get the last hit on an enemy after another player did most fighting
Antonyms
How Selfish
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'taking someone else's kill / taking credit for a kill' is directly derivable from combining 'kill' (the act/result of a killing) with 'steal' (to take something without permission): the expression essentially means to 'steal a kill'. Although the usage is gaming-specific, the metaphorical extension of 'steal' to taking an achievement is straightforward and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Kill steal is a noun from online multiplayer games. One popular story says it paints a simple picture: one player does most of the work but another player 'steals' the kill by making the last hit, so it means 'taking credit for a kill someone else mostly did'.