respawn

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈspɔːn/
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/ɹɪˈspɔːn/ · /ɹiˈspɔːn/

Definition of respawn

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To spawn again.
    “This diminishes even further the remote chance of the fish surviving to respawn.”
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verb

  1. To spawn again.
    “This diminishes even further the remote chance of the fish surviving to respawn.”
  2. To reappear at its spawn point.
  3. To re-enter play after being killed, often where the game was last saved.
    “Some top 100 websites are circumventing user deletion of HTTP cookies by respawning them using Flash cookies with identical values, […]”
    “How and why he gets stuck in this constant respawn cycle is a bit unclear, […]”
  4. (Internet)In reality shifting and subliminal communities, to permanently leave one's current reality (often through a perceived severance of ties or, controversially, through physical death) to "re-enter" or reincarnate into a "desired reality."
    ““Everything in this cult of personality is fragile,” Borkowski said, but added that Musk had proven before that he can “re-spawn” when he encountered difficulties.”

noun

  1. The reappearance of an item or enemy; the situation where something is respawned.
    “The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.”
  2. (Internet)The act of permanently shifting awareness or existence to a different reality, frequently associated with the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From re- + spawn.

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