decamped

verb

past tense of decamp
as in escaped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamped
  1. escaped
  2. absconded
  3. lit
  4. got out
  5. retreated
  6. cleared out
Verb
  • Three women inmates escaped a transport van in the midst of the fire chaos, and Mickey needed her troops to find the missing convicts instead of helping with the fire.
    — Megan Vick, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Stayner first became notable as the older brother of Steven Stayner, who escaped a 1972 kidnapping in 1980.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of escaped
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  • The would-be savior has absconded, dealing a fatal blow to LIV’s resurrection.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In January 2023, Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio’s father, absconded to Florida after getting bested by Lula months earlier.
    — Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of absconded
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  • The nearly century-old prison, its dank corridors lit by flickering fluorescent tubes, is now closing, and its more than 1,000 inmates are moving to a new penitentiary complex.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The dispute began before Heritage Village Park opened in 2022, when residents of the adjacent Heritage El Dorado Hills retirement community objected to lighted sports courts, traffic and noise near their homes.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of lit
Verb
  • The game got out of reach in that period, with the Nets eventually cruising to a 145-111 road win over the Pelicans at Smoothie King Center.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • In the wake of 2024, with this sense of total defeat, a few people just got out there, and AOC was one of them.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of got out
Verb
  • The officers then retreated from the SUV and gave the man commands to exit the vehicle with his hands up.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
  • European indexes, which aren’t tilted as heavily toward technology stocks, also retreated modestly.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • On third-and-10, senior quarterback Braeden Novak hit senior wide receiver Nico Caputo in stride down the right sideline for a touchdown as a deep receiver cleared out coverage.
    — Dave Oberhelman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place.
    — Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleared out
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