DECAMPED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

decamped

verb

past tense of decamp

as in escaped

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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The family traveled around the country preaching and soliciting donations, and when Gortner was 16, his father absconded with what was reported to be $3 million in donations.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Her former research partner has absconded with her life’s work, presumably to put toward greedy human means of Manifest Destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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On one April night outside the castle, several picketers were struck by a patron’s car, and a few others were shoved by the passenger who got out of the vehicle, according to video footage later aired by Fox 11 Los Angeles.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
When the driver got out, one of the men chased him down the street.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of got out

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The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place.

— Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
At Lincoln Bay, Duke said their elevators sensed water and immediately went to the 10th floor, where they were locked in place and unusable until contractors cleared out the pit below.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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