"despawn" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːˈspɔːn/ [UK] Forms: despawns [present, singular, third-person], despawning [participle, present], despawned [participle, past], despawned [past]
Etymology: de- + spawn Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|spawn}} de- + spawn Head templates: {{en-verb}} despawn (third-person singular simple present despawns, present participle despawning, simple past and past participle despawned)
  1. (video games, ergative, of an entity in a game world) To be instantaneously destroyed or removed. Tags: ergative Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-despawn-en-verb-5UlkZVA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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