Game
Punting
Punting noun - (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.
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In particular, the Societea blowing Dolce Islands to smithereens in the third game ''has'' to win some sort of trophy for sheer pooch-punting panache.
Source: Video Game / Pokémon Ranger -
Cutting limbs off, punting babies like footballs, ripping heads off in choke holds, tearing tentacles out... and this is actually encouraged by the game; it's more ammo-efficient to dismember your opponents.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space -
Similar to the above example, Trolls playing online with the Xbox One have taken to using the gamer tag "Xbox Sign Out" and then ticking people off enough so they blurt out that name to insult them, thus punting them from the game with the Xbox's voice recognition system.
Source: Press X to Die
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