"critical hit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: critical hits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} critical hit (plural critical hits)
  1. (video games, roleplaying games) A successful attack that deals more damage than a normal blow. Wikipedia link: critical hit Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games
    Sense id: en-critical_hit-en-noun-V71kYCO2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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