"desuicide" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: desuicides [present, singular, third-person], desuiciding [participle, present], desuicided [participle, past], desuicided [past]
Etymology: de- + suicide Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|suicide}} de- + suicide Head templates: {{en-verb}} desuicide (third-person singular simple present desuicides, present participle desuiciding, simple past and past participle desuicided)
  1. (video games, transitive, informal) To modify (a protected, encrypted arcade game board) so that it will no longer automatically destroy its own code if tampering is detected. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-desuicide-en-verb-abIq3HOY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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