Definition of "respawn" [respawn]

• To reappear at its spawn point. (verb)
• To re-enter play after being killed. (verb)

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• "Geee, Scott, you should know better than to leave your stuff lying around for more than 30 seconds when object respawn is on. njmonkey2987"
• "If you take someone's health down to zero, their gun flashes and they can't fire, but hitting the shield and trigger at the same time causes a "respawn"-and there's no record of how many times someone has respawned."
• "The three other ad firms -- and some of their customers, which include media heavyweights like ABC, NBC, MTV, and Disney -- are being sued by for allegedly violating federal laws by using Adobe Flash to "respawn" cookies after users have deleted them (hence the nickname "zombies")."