"catastrophic kill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-catastrophic kill.ogg Forms: catastrophic kills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} catastrophic kill (plural catastrophic kills)
  1. (military slang) An instance of damaging a vehicle by weaponry that renders it both unusable and unrepairable. Tags: slang Synonyms: complete kill, K-kill Related terms: mobility kill, firepower kill, mission kill Translations (damage inflicted on a vehicle by a weapon that renders it both unusable and unrepairable): katastrofinis sunaikinimas (Lithuanian)

Inflected forms

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