From spawn + kill.
spawnkill (third-person singular simple present spawnkills, present participle spawnkilling, simple past and past participle spawnkilled)
- (video games) To kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.
2002 August 26, Flashheart [username], “Re: Why should CTF Flag Camping be wrong”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament[1] (Usenet):He was spawnkilled about 30-40 times in 20 minutes by one player.
2004, Dan Irish, Men of Valor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima, →ISBN, page 110: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 October 23, Grl/Grl_Prn [username], “Re: Thank you... I guess”, in alt.games.battlefield1942[2] (Usenet):Nothing lowers your morale faster than some jerk spawn killing you for the fifth time and yelling that your mother worked in a Nevada brothel.
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