despawning
Forced digital disappearance
Despawning is the disappearance of an entity from a video game world, the opposite of spawning.
Games automatically despawn enemies, items, or NPCs to manage memory and processing load, or when certain conditions are met: The loot despawns after five minutes if nobody picks it up.
Players sometimes exploit despawning mechanics or complain when desired items vanish unexpectedly.
Backward-moving basketball shot
- dissipateGradually fade away
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- entityIndependent existing thing
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- repopulateFill again with inhabitants
- clearingTreeless space in forest
timed · instance · unload · expiration
Cause death
- abortEnd before completion
- haltComplete sudden stop
- endFinal portion or cessation
- deactivateTurn off or neutralize
cancel · nullify · invalidate · discontinue · expire · timeout · destroy · eliminate
Removal of content
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- erasureAct of wiping away
- decommissionWithdraw from operational use
excision · withdrawal · retraction · effacement · clear · cull · prune · wipe
fadeaway
Backward-moving basketball shot
- dissipateGradually fade away
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
dissolve · fade · disappear · evaporate · disperse · sublimate · wane
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- entityIndependent existing thing
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- repopulateFill again with inhabitants
clearing · timed · instance · unload · expiration
kill
Cause death
deactivate · cancel · nullify · invalidate · discontinue · expire · timeout · destroy · eliminate · extinguish
deletion
Removal of content
decommission · excision · withdrawal · retraction · effacement · clear · cull · prune · wipe · flush
despawningspawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
spawn · respawning · generating · instantiating · summoning
spawn, spawning, spawned, spawns, respawn, spawner, respawning, despawn, respawned