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noun

as in departure
the act of leaving a place the mass decamping for the mountains or the shore by city dwellers that occurs every summer weekend

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decamping

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verb

present participle of decamp
as in escaping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamping
  1. departure
  2. escaping
  3. going
  4. absconding
  5. leave
  6. getting out
  7. retreating
Noun
  • The moves were meant to reshape the roster to maximize superstar Luka Doncic, who will take the reins with the departure of LeBron James.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Johnston, Cobbins leaving Johnston’s departure comes just three years after becoming the long-term replacement for former County Administrator Doug Bach, who left the government under an $800,000 separation agreement.
    — Sofi Zeman July 2, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of departure
Verb
  • The combination remained effective because escaping both antibodies required multiple simultaneous mutations rather than a single genetic change.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Workers were able to prevent more than 1,000 other monkeys at the facility from escaping.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of escaping
Noun
  • Sweden, especially, seemed content to play conservatively, which forced France to take mediocre shots in the early going.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • The side referee puts up the flag for offside, and this one remains scoreless in the early going.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Police are searching for a straphanger suspected of unbolting a door switch from a inside a downtown C train Monday evening, snipping the wires and then absconding with the train part, sources tell the Daily News.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • For the last couple of years at least, groups of international thieves have been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding back to their home countries.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of absconding
Noun
  • Saulter was placed on leave last year around the time that King was indicted, and the sheriff later fired him.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
  • After this, watering the garden gently but plentifully will help to promote soil health and get rid of most of the ash present on plant leaves and stems.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of leave
Verb
  • Cendejas said Wahab needs to focus her time on getting out to voters in the district while the state Legislature is in recess between July and August.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • Stewart surrendered a solo homer to Brooks Lee before getting out of the ninth.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of getting out
Verb
  • What’s more, despite retreating somewhat, high fuel prices continue to chomp away at motorists’ budgets.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Fast-forward to this week, and CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks hit intraday all-time highs Monday, before retreating a bit Tuesday.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of retreating
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