pwned; pwning; pwns
slang
: to dominate and defeat (someone or something) : own sense 1b, rout entry 2 sense 1a
Online gamers use "pwn" to describe annihilating an opponent, or owning them. The word came from misspelling "own" by gamers typing quickly and striking the letter P instead of the neighboring letter O.—Christopher Rhoads
No government, including Britain's, should have the power to pwn the Internet, and destroy it in the process.—Amie Stepanovich
Why pwn the noobs from your couch when you could do it in front of an audience at New York's first-ever Fortnite In The Heights Tournament?—Eva Kis
Then, a bunch of federal attorneys general got pwned in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding their prosecution of medical marijuana businesses, which is a pretty big deal.—Vince Silwoski
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