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spawnkill

spawnkill verb: to kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.

Verb

spawnkill (third-person singular simple present spawnkills, present participle spawnkilling, simple past and past participle spawnkilled)

  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)
    • 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 of spawnkill

third-person singular presentspawnkills
present participlespawnkilling
past participlespawnkilled
pastspawnkilled
alternative formspawn kill
alternative formspawn-kill

Origin of spawnkill

From spawn + kill.

Questions about spawnkill

What does spawnkill mean?
Spawnkill means to kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.
What part of speech is spawnkill?
Spawnkill is a verb.
What is the past tense of spawnkill?
The past tense of spawnkill is spawnkilled.

Words near spawnkill in the dictionary

  1. spawning bed
  2. spawning beds
  3. spawning ground
  4. spawning grounds
  5. spawnings
  6. spawnkill
  7. spawnkilled
  8. spawnkilling
  9. spawnkills
  10. spawnling
  11. spawnlings

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