headshot

"Boom, headshot, yeah!" - FPS Doug, Pure Pwnage

When a character's head is hit with bullets, arrows or other projectile weapons. Usually fatal or severely wounding unless the weapon is non-lethal, the head is protected or the victim can somehow regenerate health.

Do not confuse with an alternate term for photos focusing on the face (portrait or upper body).

See also

• gunshot wound
• in the face (For melee attacks to the head.)