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spawnkill en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From spawn + kill.

Meanings

  1. To kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.
    • He was spawnkilled about 30-40 times in 20 minutes by one player. 2002 August 26, Flashheart [username], “Re: Why should CTF Flag Camping be wrong”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (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. 2004 October 23, Grl/Grl_Prn [username], “Re: Thank you... I guess”, in alt.games.battlefield1942 (Usenet):
    • 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, Dan Irish, Men of Valor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima, →ISBN, page 110:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spawnkilled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spawnkilled Tense=Past lexicographic
spawn-kill alternative lexicographic
spawnkills Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spawnkilling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spawn kill alternative lexicographic