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{ "etymology_text": "From tank (“attract or resist damage”) and face (“the player character as opposed to minions”), the idea being that to face tank is to accept enemy attacks without any attempt to deflect their damage to non-player entities; thus, to simply absorb them directly.", "forms": [ { "form": "face tanks", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "face tanking", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "face tanked", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "face tanked", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "face tank (third-person singular simple present face tanks, present participle face tanking, simple past and past participle face tanked)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Video games" ], "glosses": [ "To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way." ], "links": [ [ "video game", "video game" ], [ "absorb", "absorb" ], [ "damage", "damage" ], [ "unsophisticated", "unsophisticated" ], [ "unskillful", "unskillful" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(video games) To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way." ], "topics": [ "video-games" ] } ], "word": "face tank" }
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