respawned

Came back digitally

Respawned is the past tense of respawn, a video game term for reappearing after being killed.

When a player's character dies, they typically respawn at a checkpoint or starting point to continue playing: I respawned right into enemy fire.

The term extends to anything that returns after apparent elimination: The bug respawned after we thought we'd fixed it.

gaming

checkpoint

Inspection station on route

cooldown · hitpoints · powerup · grinding · rpg · fps · deathmatch · killstreak · fragged · lives

revival

rebirth

Spiritual or physical regeneration

regeneration · reanimation · comeback · renewal · restoration · phoenix · undead · zombie · extra life · new life

reappear

materialize

Become physically present

reappearance · manifest · pop back · teleport · phase in · relocate

Opposites
permanence of death/elimination

respawnedpermadeath

Irreversible character termination

deleted · erased · wiped · game over · permabanned

existence state

respawneddied

Ceased to live

killed · destroyed · eliminated · fragged · slain

Phrases
Family

respawn, respawning, respawns

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