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*** There's also "Eat", which has much the same result, but is slightly less disturbing.
** Warhammer also has the Killing Blow rule, which allows a weapon to instakill the target if you roll a 6 to wound. Some weapons can also Slay Outright, which means a single wound inflicted by such weapon causes the target to lose all their wounds.
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20081105143100/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=106427 Phage the Untouchable]: if Phage manages to deal combat damage to a player, that player loses the game. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090519081046/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=73559 Door to Nothingness] has a similar effect.
** Additionally, a famous early combo based around the card Channel (which allows you to exchange life for mana on a 1-1 basis) and a direct damage spell such as Fireball (which allows you to convert mana to damage on a 1-1 basis) allowed you to fry an enemy on full life in 1 shot. With a number of ultra-rare cards and a bit of luck, you could do this ''on the first turn.'' Unsurprisingly, Channel was eventually banned from all competition.
*** It's actually even worse. The "number of ultra-rare cards" you needed for this first turn kill was ONE: Black Lotus (or a Mox Ruby/Jet in a slightly different variant). The rest of the cards involved were dirt-cheap commons and uncommons.
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== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]]. Human is not a strong being and most weapons don't need many strikes to kill people.
* It is entirely possible to kill or knock out a person instantly with a single surprisingly gentle blow. However, beyond accidental cases there is [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821160401/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040521.html little evidence for the existence of a reliable martial technique].
** It is not a ''per se'' kill, but the pain from a good hit can be enough to leave an un(der)conditioned novice brawler hurting too bad to continue fighting even if he is not outright knocked out.
** There is ''possibly'' a phenomenon where the right type of blow can produce [[wikipedia:Hydrostatic shock|hydrostatic shock,]] however the jury's still out on whether or not its real.
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