instadeath

Noun

 * 1)  instant death
 * 2) * "Dylan O'Donnell", "Re: New spoiler - instadeath", rec.games.roguelike.nethack Usenet
 * It's still only on the 5-turn timer if you're hit by a monster-thrown egg, though, as opposed to the instadeath from "elementary physics" if you throw one upwards yourself.
 * 1) * 2007, "Mark Mackey", "Lost char due to bug in Crawl SS 0.7", rec.games.roguelike.misc Usenet
 * One of the nice things added to Crawl in the dc400 beta days was the removal of typo instadeaths: back in the bad days accidentally moving onto a lava or deep water square was effectively an instadeath.
 * 1) * 2007, "Mark Mackey", "Lost char due to bug in Crawl SS 0.7", rec.games.roguelike.misc Usenet
 * One of the nice things added to Crawl in the dc400 beta days was the removal of typo instadeaths: back in the bad days accidentally moving onto a lava or deep water square was effectively an instadeath.