despawn

English

Etymology

de- +‎ spawn

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈspɔːn/

Verb

despawn (third-person singular simple present despawns, present participle despawning, simple past and past participle despawned)

1. (video games, ergative, of an entity in a game world) To be instantaneously destroyed or removed.

   A mob will immediately despawn if ever there is no player within 128 blocks of it.

   The helicopter despawned shortly after take-off, leaving the player in an unexpected free fall.

   The game despawns the enemies after you kill them 15 times or so.

Antonyms

• spawn, respawn

Anagrams

• spawned