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health bar

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[helth bahr] / ˈhɛlθ ˌbɑr /

noun

  • health bars
    plural
  1. (video games) an on-screen representation of the health of a player, antagonist, or other character, which indicates how injured or how healed that character is.


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The bleed status effect is his primary ally against Malenia, taking a huge chunk out of her health bar at semi-regular intervals.

From The Verge ● May 11, 2022

Besides, I don’t think love works like a health bar in a video game, fluctuating in measurable amounts and capped at a certain level.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2020

But Bloodborne packs its zoo with deft, spontaneous enemies who make it incredibly difficult to land reciprocal blows before the regain timer runs out and the damage to your health bar becomes permanent.

From Time ● Mar. 23, 2015

Instead of merely hitting an opponent until its health bar depletes, in Smash you have to knock it off the stage.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2014

Turns out a health bar has a lot of funny-sounding stuff in it that actually seems kind of weird.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

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