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tappo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • frag noun A fragmentation grenade.
  • homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • manslaughter noun The unlawful killing of a person without the deliberate intent required for murder, for example through negligence or in the heat of the moment.

Senses

tappo is used for these senses in English:

  • culpable homicide Homicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder.
  • frag (video games, slang) A successful kill in a deathmatch game. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents in a deathmatch game.
  • homicide (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  • kill The act of killing.
  • manslaughter (law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
  • second-degree murder (legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.

frag — full definition

  1. noun A fragmentation grenade.
  2. noun In video games, a kill scored against an opponent.
  3. verb In gaming, to kill an opponent.

homicide — full definition

  1. noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  2. noun The police division that investigates killings.

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