nerf

Definition

In gaming, to weaken or reduce the effectiveness of a character, weapon, or ability in a patch update—basically when developers decide something was too powerful and need to balance it out.

Example Usage

Did you hear? The devs nerfed that overpowered weapon everyone was complaining about.

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