DECAMP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

decamp

verb

Definition of decamp

as in to abscond

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Recent Examples of decamp The bulk of the agency will decamp to move in with DDA in the Bradbury building in August. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 Some members of Swalwell’s digital team, who previously worked for Newsom, have since decamped for the Becerra campaign. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 Meanwhile Hollywood jobs have been decamping for years to more affordable filming locales. — Michael R. Blood, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 Experts do, however, believe that Dylan came back to Chicago and Hyde Park very soon after decamping for New York early in 1961. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for decamp

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After Barbie is transported, the pair team up with the Nutcracker to track down the Rat King, who has absconded with a locket—one that Barbie and her friend Nikki (who later transforms into the Sugarplum Princess) received on Christmas.

— Parents, Parents, 14 Sep. 2026
There were no revelations about FBI surveillance or any proof that Shakur actually absconded to Cuba.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of abscond

Verb

Others fled the country entirely to escape persecution and to find new work as the economy collapsed.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

The Rutgers game could get out of hand fast, as the team needs to win the game by seven touchdowns and extra points in order to cover the spread.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of get out

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A couple flying to Las Vegas to elope ended up getting married at 35,000 feet after a Southwest Airlines crew turned their flight into a wedding.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Written and directed by Achyuth Vinayak, the film released in theaters in 2023, following a couple whose plan to elope is complicated when the man’s sister decides to elope as well.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of elope

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Tony Vitello didn’t get through the first inning before being told to scram, thrown out by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney for arguing a check-swing call.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
The chicks reportedly also told Fiona the squirrel to scram—just like mom.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026

Definition of scram

Verb

Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.

— Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.

— SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019

Definition of scarper

Verb

At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
The suspect in a 2022 homicide believed there was a large amount of currency hidden in a chicken stand on Foothill Boulevard, but killed a man only to make off with a paltry $110, according to police.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of make off

Verb

No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.

— Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.

— Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023

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