"hypercarry" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hypercarry.wav Forms: hypercarries [plural]
Etymology: From hyper- + carry, in the sense that this character "carries" the player through the game. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|hyper|carry}} hyper- + carry Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypercarry (plural hypercarries)
  1. (video games) A video game character that does so much damage that success in the game is mainly dependent on that character. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Video games Synonyms (video game character): hard carry

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Alice is a hypercarry: level her up and she will take you all the way to endgame."
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