spawnkill

See also: spawn-kill and spawn kill

English

Alternative forms

• spawn kill
• spawn-kill

Etymology

From spawn +‎ kill.

Pronunciation

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Verb

spawnkill (third-person singular simple present spawnkills, present participle spawnkilling, simple past and past participle spawnkilled)

1. (video games) To kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.
   • 2002 August 26, Flashheart [username], “Re: Why should CTF Flag Camping be wrong”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament‎^[1] (Usenet):

     He was spawnkilled about 30-40 times in 20 minutes by one player.

   • 2004, Dan Irish, Men of Valor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima, →ISBN, page 110:

     It is ridiculously easy to spawn-kill the VC at their outdoor spawn location, from several relatively safe locations inside the Embassy's ground floor, especially the library windows.

   • 2004 October 23, Grl/Grl_Prn [username], “Re: Thank you... I guess”, in alt.games.battlefield1942‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Nothing lowers your morale faster than some jerk spawn killing you for the fifth time and yelling that your mother worked in a Nevada brothel.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:spawnkill.