ENCAMPED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

encamped

verb

past tense of encamp

as in tented

to live in a camp or the outdoors the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail

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as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym

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The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026

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With an outdoor grill, full washer and dryer, and ensuite bathrooms for each bedroom, our party of six could have camped out for a full month–and never bothered to see a theme park.

— Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Tear gas and wooden sticks For more than a month, hundreds of Indian young people had camped at Jantar Mantar, one of the few open spaces in the Indian capital where the government allows mass protests.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026

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Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Definition of accommodated

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During the search, BPD said officers found a ghost gun that contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and was loaded with 16 live rounds in a large-capacity magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026

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Multiple calls to sheriff’s dispatchers brought deputies to the woman, who sheltered in the apartment of a Good Samaritan, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
About 120 of those who could walk were being sheltered in a gym, while the rest were housed in a psychiatric hospital, local authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

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