"damage boost" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-damage boost.wav Forms: damage boosts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} damage boost (plural damage boosts)
  1. (video games) The act of damage boosting. Related terms: invulnerability frame
    Sense id: en-damage_boost-en-noun-nHuo32xf Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Topics: video-games

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-damage boost.wav Forms: damage boosts [present, singular, third-person], damage boosting [participle, present], damage boosted [participle, past], damage boosted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} damage boost (third-person singular simple present damage boosts, present participle damage boosting, simple past and past participle damage boosted)
  1. (video games) To deliberately take damage in order to use the resulting brief period of invulnerability to pass an upcoming hazard.
    Sense id: en-damage_boost-en-verb-zFPn~LWx Categories (other): Video games Topics: video-games

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