"respawn" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /rɪˈspɔːn/ Forms: respawn [canonical], respawns [third-person, singular], respawned [past], respawned [past, participle], respawning [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + spawn Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|spawn}} re- + spawn Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something respawns, it spawns again.
    Sense id: simple-respawn-en-verb-wHdo3zWh Categories (other): Zoology
  2. If you respawn in a game, you die and reappear in the game.
    Sense id: simple-respawn-en-verb-VCG~iPLr Categories (other): Video games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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