"damage over time" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Role-playing games",
          "orig": "en:Role-playing games",
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            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
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          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
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            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
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            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
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      "glosses": [
        "The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "sustain",
          "sustain"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "player character",
          "player character"
        ],
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "time period",
          "time period"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "roleplaying games",
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        "(video games, roleplaying games) The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "damage over time"
}

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Role-playing games",
        "en:Video games"
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      "glosses": [
        "The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "sustain",
          "sustain"
        ],
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          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "player character",
          "player character"
        ],
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "time period",
          "time period"
        ]
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        "(video games, roleplaying games) The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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  "word": "damage over time"
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