"debuff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˈbʌf/, /diːˈbʊf/ [Northern-England], /ˈdiː.bʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-debuff.wav Forms: debuffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|buff|t2=to make a player or item stronger}} de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} debuff (plural debuffs)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games) An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Synonyms: status ailment, nerf
    Sense id: en-debuff-en-noun-9WBslX86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Topics: video-games

Verb

IPA: /diːˈbʌf/, /diːˈbʊf/ [Northern-England], /ˈdiː.bʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-debuff.wav Forms: debuffs [present, singular, third-person], debuffing [participle, present], debuffed [participle, past], debuffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|buff|t2=to make a player or item stronger}} de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} debuff (third-person singular simple present debuffs, present participle debuffing, simple past and past participle debuffed)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games) To make a character or unit weaker. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Related terms: status effect Translations (to make something weaker): 減弱 (Chinese Mandarin), 减弱 (jiǎnruò) (Chinese Mandarin), デバフ (debafu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-debuff-en-verb-oO3Do~KN Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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