warbot

A robot used in physical warfare.

Noun

  1. A robot used in physical warfare.
  2. A malicious bot (automated user) designed to disrupt other users' activity.
    • A warbot is designed for use against other users or against IRC itself. Bots meant to do harm are one reason why many servers have banned their presence. - 1995, William J. Shefski, Interactive Internet: The Insider's...

Origin

From war + -bot.

Forms

warbots