respawn

verb, noun — 6 senses

respawn

verb

/ɹɪˈspɔːn/ · /ɹiˈspɔːn/

Etymology From re- + spawn.

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology To spawn again.

  • This diminishes even further the remote chance of the fish surviving to respawn.1970, Idaho Wildlife Review, volumes 23-29, page 161:
2

Video games Of a collected item To reappear at its spawn point.

Weapon or other pickup; or enemy; weapon or other pickup; or enemy

3

Video games Of a character 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, […]2009 September 17, Pinsent Masons, “Hidden Flash cookies track even opt-out users on web's biggest sites”, in Out-law, retrieved 24 Apr 2014:
  • How and why he gets stuck in this constant respawn cycle is a bit unclear, […]2014 March 25, Angela Watercutter, “Tom Cruise Respawns Into Alien War in New Edge of Tomorrow Trailer”, in Wired, retrieved 24 Apr 2014:
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.2024 April 3, Dan Milmo, quoting Mark Borkowski, “How much is Elon Musk to blame for Tesla sales slip?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Antonyms
despawn
Derived terms
respawnable, respawner

respawn

noun

Etymology From re- + spawn.

1

Video games 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.2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339:
2

Internet The act of permanently shifting awareness or existence to a different reality, frequently associated with the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community).

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