"AOE" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: AOEs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} AOE (plural AOEs)
  1. Initialism of axis of evil. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: axis of evil Categories (topical): Astrophysics
    Sense id: en-AOE-en-noun-EL4TYKMc Disambiguation of Astrophysics: 64 4 33
  2. (video games, board games) Initialism of area of effect (of an attack spell, etc.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: area of effect (extra: of an attack spell, etc.) Categories (topical): Board games, Video games
    Sense id: en-AOE-en-noun-4EJJ3v-h Topics: video-games
  3. (by metonymy, video games, board games) A weapon, item or ability that affects an area or multiple entities instead of one target. Tags: metonymically Categories (topical): Board games, Video games
    Sense id: en-AOE-en-noun-rD3EKdBB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 6 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 8 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 89 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (A... of E...): AoE Derived forms: PBAOE
Disambiguation of 'A... of E...': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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