noun Gaming Slang

shutdown

· noun · gaming

Killing a fed enemy on a streak and claiming the bounty gold their lead has piled up.

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When an enemy is snowballing on a kill streak, the game stacks a bounty on their head. Killing them is a shutdown, and you pocket that extra gold, swinging momentum back.

“She was 8/0 and worth a 1000 gold shutdown, so we collapsed mid and cashed her out.”
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Used as a verb for ending a carry's streak before they take over the game.

“We have to shut down their ADC now or they hit three items and we lose every fight.”
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shutdown In A Sentence

She was 8/0 and worth a 1000 gold shutdown, so we collapsed mid and cashed her out.
We have to shut down their ADC now or they hit three items and we lose every fight.

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