"capture the flag" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} capture the flag (uncountable)
  1. (games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-capture_the_flag-en-noun-NcfSJzc3 Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 70 30 Topics: games
  2. (video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-capture_the_flag-en-noun-9AcsTZpR Categories (other): Video games Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (game): vlaggenroof [masculine] (Dutch), lipunryöstö (Finnish), capturar a bandeira (Galician)
Disambiguation of 'game': 47 53

Alternative forms

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