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flamestrike en · NOUN

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Etymology

From flame + strike.

Meanings

1. The strike of a flame.
   • Uncouth threw a Flamestrike spell at me, while Arnold stole all of my Recall spells and then bashed me. 1995, Rawn Shah, Jim Romine, “Stories and Virtual Occurrences”, in Playing Muds on the Internet, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part I (DikuMuds), page 133:
   • “[…] Did you see what happened to the white dragon?” / “I saw it take to the air after the first couple of flamestrikes.[…]” 2009, Stephen Deas, The Adamantine Palace (The Memory of Flames; I), Roc Books, published 2011:
   • For ultimate hilarity, have a mage throw fireballs at you, call in flamestrikes, and so on while your shielded character whistles a tune. 2001, David Chong, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets, Sybex, →ISBN, page 105:
   • I do like your evasive maneuvers, by the way. Perenor will never expect me to drop to the ground to avoid a flamestrike. 1990, Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon, “Knight of Ghosts and Shadows”, in Bedlam’s Bard, Guild America Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 183:
   • These packs can put out massive damage if your group isn’t careful; watch out especially for the Flamestrikes and Blizzards cast by the Ring-Lord Sorceresses, and the Charged Skin ability cast by the Conjurers. 2009, World of Warcraft: Dungeon Companion III, BradyGames, →ISBN, page 126, column 2:
   • I could teach you a bit – healing and so forth: it’s part of my priestly skills – but that’s not what you want. You need attack spells – flamestrikes, lightning bolts, thundercrushes, that sort of thing. 1988, J[ames] H[erbert] Brennan, “Barmy Jeffers”, in Adventure Stories, St Michael, published 1989, →ISBN, page 328:

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