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When two players kill each other at the same time. Most likely caused by the weapons being delayed instant-kills, such as rocket launchers, but can more rarely happen with hitscan weapons (i.e. weapons with no projectile travel time) should the players fire at the EXACT same time. Environmental explosives (e.g. explosive barrels) or being in a heavily damaged vehicle (e.g. rocket launcher vs. car) can increase the likelihood.

In a duel or two-team match where the most kills wins, the trade kill results in no net gain of points since both teams earn a point. However, in the rare case where one more kill will result in victory, even a trade will result in the leading team getting the victory. Some game modes only provide score for kills on certain criteria (e.g. headshots), which will make a net zero-score trade kill harder, if not impossible, to get.

As a verb: To create or manifest something in real-time in a video game world.
As a noun: An area where game objects (players, items, vehicles...) are typically generated via spawning.

Comes with numerous child words related to this word.
Spawning: Gerund form of "spawn"
Spawned: Past tense form of "spawn"
Despawn: To delete something in real-time from a video game world
Respawn: To re-create or re-manifest something after its death, destruction, or deletion in a video game world
Spawner: An entity responsible for spawning other entities, such as Minecraft's mob spawners
Spawn Point/Respawn Point: A place where something is expected to spawn
Spawn Kill: An act of griefing in a video game by attacking players and/or essential items as they spawn
Reverse Spawn Kill/Kill Spawn: Similar to spawn killing, but where the spawning entity gets the kill
Spawn Mob: Multiple players participating in spawn killing of a single player or essential item
Spawn Massacre: The spawn killing of many players or essential items by a single player
Reverse Spawn Mob: Multiple players spawning at once and attacking a single player
Reverse Spawn Massacre: One player kills many players and/or essential items shortly after spawning

"Spawn Mobbed" past, "Spawn Mobbing" gerund. When you spawn with several enemies around you and then are promptly attacked and killed.
If the enemies are the newly-spawned, this is a Reverse Spawn Mob. If you kill the enemies without dying, this is a Reverse Spawn Massacre. If both of the previous criteria, it's a Spawn Massacre.

Similar: Spawn Kill, Kill Spawn, Reverse Spawn Kill, Spawn-to-Spawn Kill

When a newly (re)spawned player or entity kills or destroys another newly (re)spawned player or entity. This is very rare.

Similar:

Spawn Kill
Kill Spawn
Reverse Spawn Kill

Short for "Suspicious". Sus garnered more use when the popularity of Among Us exploded in July and August 2020, and as such, an Among Us example is used below.

Getting multiple kills with a single bullet since the bullet passed through one enemy and hit the other(s). Originated from the military term for unintended consequences of military operations.

In some shooters, this is either completely impossible or only possible under certain circumstances. For example, you can only get collateral kills in Splatoon 2 with charger-class weapons.
In some shooters, certain weapons might still qualify for collateral damage despite having splash damage. For example, the Spartan Laser in Halo qualifies for collateral damage because the laser can pierce through players.

Alternatives: Pierce Kills, Penetration Kills, Chain Kills, One-Bullet Combos, X Birds with One Stone/Bullet
Shortened: Collateral

Getting a kill shortly after (re)spawning, or being killed by someone/something that just (re)spawned or became visible.
Can be abbreviated to RSK. Some call this a "Kill Spawn".