hurtbox

Etymology

Blend of hurt + hitbox.

hurtbox means The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage.““Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post.”