respawn
(video games, of a character) To re-enter play after being killed, often where the game was last saved.
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who's who is one of my favorite perks in cod zombies but it would be made so much better if they didn't respawn you with a pistol and no perks for you to pick yourself back up. I propose that you should keep your pr…
Up now on SplatNet: 🧢 Annaki Mask with Quick Respawn #splatnet3
there's a thing called a "blood moon" in the game that revives all the creatures at the enemy camps—which makes sense because you can't just dispatch every enemy in the game and just have nothing else. they respawn an…
nooo. i would never kill mouse. except for maybe in a cartoonish way where youre fine or respawn immediately but thats not the point. i luv my mousey.. putting my hand right between your ears (im on my tiptoes im short)
It's really funny except for one oversight, in BT Jinjos don't respawn after collected, so after a while only Minjos are left and the trick is lost.
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(video games, of a character) To re-enter play after being killed, often where the game was last saved.
How and why he gets stuck in this constant respawn cycle is a bit unclear,
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(video games, of a collected item, weapon or other pickup, or enemy) To reappear at its spawn point.
Some top 100 websites are circumventing user deletion of HTTP cookies by respawning them using Flash cookies with identical values,
“nooo. i would never kill mouse. except for maybe in a cartoonish way where youre fine or respawn immediately but thats not the point. i luv my mousey.. putting my hand right between your ears (im on my tiptoes im short)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's really funny except for one oversight, in BT Jinjos don't respawn after collected, so after a while only Minjos are left and the trick is lost.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Apex Legends is entering a high-octane new era with the arrival of Axle, a "Combat Racer" who brings a lethal mix of momentum and utility to the Games. We talked to the designers at Respawn to help us break down the new character's abilities and playstyle. https://bit.ly/49t0zMa”
— Bluesky· May 2026“... Ssso, what, do you guys just like. Respawn? Like in a video game?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(zoology) To spawn again.
“who's who is one of my favorite perks in cod zombies but it would be made so much better if they didn't respawn you with a pistol and no perks for you to pick yourself back up. I propose that you should keep your primary weapon in who's who. it gives you a fighting chance”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Up now on SplatNet: 🧢 Annaki Mask with Quick Respawn #splatnet3”
— Bluesky· May 2026“there's a thing called a "blood moon" in the game that revives all the creatures at the enemy camps—which makes sense because you can't just dispatch every enemy in the game and just have nothing else. they respawn and it keeps things going.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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