respawn
respawn Lexical Profile
respawn Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To reappear or be recreated at a designated point after being defeated, destroyed, or collected (of a player character, non-player entity, or item in a video game).
"After falling off the narrow platform, her character managed to respawn at the nearest checkpoint."
To cause a character, enemy, or item in a video game to reappear or be generated again.
"The server automatically respawns rare resources every thirty minutes so all players have a chance to gather them."
• noun
An instance of a character, enemy, or item reappearing in a video game after having been eliminated or collected.
"The game designer adjusted the timer so that players would face a shorter wait before their next respawn."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the 1990s within early multiplayer video game culture, notably first-person shooters like Doom, by combining the prefix 're-' (again) with 'spawn' (in its gaming sense of generating an entity on a map).