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despawning

despawning is the present participle and gerund of despawn.

Meaning of despawn

Verb

despawn (third-person singular simple present despawns, present participle despawning, simple past and past participle despawned)

  1. (ergative) To be instantaneously destroyed or removed.
    • A mob will immediately despawn if ever there is no player within 128 blocks of it.

Questions about despawning

What is despawning the present participle and gerund of?
Despawning is the present participle and gerund of despawn.

Words near despawning in the dictionary

  1. despatializes
  2. despatializing
  3. Despatie
  4. despawn
  5. despawned
  6. despawning
  7. despawns
  8. despecable
  9. despecialization
  10. despecializations
  11. despecialize

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