Definitions
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- verb video games  To reappear at itsspawn point .
- verb video games, of a character To re-enter play after being killed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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 EXTRALIFE β By Scott Johnson - There was a muffin there 2008 
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								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. Ars Technica Ben Kuchera 2011 
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								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"). 
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								When a process started with a 'respawn' action exits, init automatically restarts it. 
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								It found that several of the most popular 100 websites have Flash cookies which 'respawn' HTTP cookies, meaning they store information and write it into HTTP cookies on a person's revisit to that site, even if that person has told their computer to delete HTML cookies. OUT-LAW News 2009 
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								-- and a distribution linkup with Electronic Arts. In the video game world, "respawn" means a character that was killed off has come back to life. Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Hicham Alaoui 2010 
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								-- and a distribution linkup with Electronic Arts. In the video game world, "respawn" means a character that was killed off has come back to life. Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Hicham Alaoui 2010 
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								'respawn' actions are run after the 'once' actions. 
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								The Weekend Heroes would have razed the camp if it wasn't for that damn respawn rate. weekly nathreee 2009 
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								Why not just take that small additional step and have characters respawn close to the dungeon with all their gear? Mike Mearls Strangles Realism In D&D Like Itβs An Unruly Hooker « Geek Related 2009 
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