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pre-fire en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From pre- + fire (“to shoot”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To shoot at the anticipated location of another player before they are visible or within range.
   • I've seen others where players follow an unseen opponent with their crosshair and pre-fire as they turn the corner for an instant kill. 2016, Rich Stanton, “A negative-sum game: Policing Counter-Strike: GO cheaters with Overwatch”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2018:
   • Steel, however, was stuck behind the corner in Squeeky, and he was forced to prefire the Squeeky opening because he knew dephh had to kill him to win the round before time ran out. 2018, Jamie Villanueva, “Steel’s clutch vs coL gives Torqued its first qualifier spot at DreamHack Tours”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2018:
   • I could hear him just around the corner, so I just started pre-firing until he walked right into the cascade of bullets.
   • There will be times you go from a full health bar to almost dead in one round of cart combat, but you can always repair at the next town, and there are definitely attacks that you can "pre-fire" to prevent getting bogged down and stay healthy. 2015, Andrew Fretz, “'Wizards and Wagons' Review - Shop Management Gets Mobile”, in TouchArcade, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2018:

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