despawn
Object ceases existing
To despawn is to disappear from a video game world—the opposite of spawn.
Enemies despawn when a player moves too far away, items despawn after sitting uncollected, or characters despawn when logging out.
The term is gaming jargon that has spread to casual use for anything that vanishes: My motivation just despawned.
Pass from visibility
- vanishCease to be visible
- deletionRemoval of content
- removalAct of taking away
- clearingTreeless space in forest
wipeout · erasure · fade · dematerialize · evaporate · dissolve · expire · timeout
Victory over another
- logoutExiting a digital account
- disconnectTo break a connection
- exitWay to leave
- deathCessation of life
kill · mob · NPC · entity · instance · timer · trigger · boss
Duration-tracking mechanism
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- intervalDuration between two points
- delayEnforced waiting period
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
trigger · radius · distance · threshold · conditions · algorithm · logic · cycle
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- reappearanceComing back into view
- returnGo back again
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
loop · renewal · reset · reactivation · reconstitution · reentry · rotation · replacement
disappear
Pass from visibility
clearing · wipeout · erasure · fade · dematerialize · evaporate · dissolve · expire · timeout · cleanup
defeat
Victory over another
- logoutExiting a digital account
- disconnectTo break a connection
- exitWay to leave
death · kill · mob · NPC · entity · instance · timer · trigger · boss · enemy
timer
Duration-tracking mechanism
countdown · trigger · radius · distance · threshold · conditions · algorithm · logic · cycle · rate
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- reappearanceComing back into view
- returnGo back again
cycle · loop · renewal · reset · reactivation · reconstitution · reentry · rotation · replacement · repopulation