Nerf

//nɜːf//

Synonyms for "nerf" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

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Translations

13 translations across 9 languages.

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French

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  • nerfer verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

German

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  • nerfen verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Italian

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  • nerfare verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Japanese

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  • ナーフ verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Portuguese

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  • nerfar verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Russian

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  • не́рфить verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)
  • поне́рфить verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Sicilian

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  • nirfari verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Spanish

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  • debilitar verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)
  • menguar verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)
  • nerfear verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)
  • reducir verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Turkish

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  • nerflemek verb (to arbitrarily limit or reduce one's capacity)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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They nerfed the most-used weapon.

Source: slang_seed

Where's the Nerf guns I lent you? I need them for the next zombie apocalypse.

Source: tatoeba (9345081)

Bruno shot a Nerf gun at Isabella.

Source: tatoeba (11681779)

Mary found the game too challenging, so she hoped they would nerf the difficult boss fight.

Source: tatoeba (11902975)

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