decamping 1 of 2

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
  • One employee took responsibility for not catching the boys’ early and unapproved departure.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • And that made his recent comments about former Blue Jays coach Don Mattingly especially noteworthy, as his departure for the Philadelphia Phillies has raised questions about whether the Blue Jays batting order can succeed without him.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of departure
Verb
  • Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • After all, even Earth's helium is slowly escaping our own atmosphere.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of escaping
Noun
  • Gold Tables may begin with regular diners, but the larger opportunity is to make restaurant-going feel more habitual, more social and more connected to the OpenTable ecosystem.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Micron, Marvell Technology and Intel were all down between 4% and 6% in the early going.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 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
  • Those outer leaves have the most contact with soil, handling and other surfaces.
    — Olivia LaBorde, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • The police officer who shot the dog is not on leave at this time, Edwards said.
    — Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2026
Definition of leave
Verb
  • Most of the first episode gives us Lucky on the run, getting out of the hotel and out of Vegas, and across the tops of a field of big rigs.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • There’s a big difference between selecting a film to stream from your bed and getting out of the house, going to a store and talking about movies with a clerk and fellow film enthusiasts.
    — Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of getting out
Verb
  • But Americans want to know that colleges are responding with urgency to the crisis in our public life, not retreating from it.
    — Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • In the second World Cup semifinal, England struck first, taking a 1-0 lead early in the second half and then retreating into a defensive shell.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 16 July 2026
Definition of retreating
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