instadeath

== English == === Etymology === From insta- +‎ death. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪnstəˌdɛθ/ === Noun === instadeath (countable and uncountable, plural instadeaths) (video games, slang) instant death [from 1990s] "Dylan O'Donnell", "Re: New spoiler - instadeath"[3], rec.games.roguelike.nethack Usenet It's still only on the 5-turn timer if you're hit by a monster-thrown egg, though, as opposed to the instadeath from "elementary physics" if you throw one upwards yourself. 2007, "Mark Mackey", "Lost char due to bug in Crawl SS 0.7"[4], rec.games.roguelike.misc Usenet One of the nice things added to Crawl in the dc400 beta days was the removal of typo instadeaths: back in the bad days accidentally moving onto a lava or deep water square was effectively an instadeath. ==== See also ==== instakill permadeath