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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This will give you an opportunity to notice what should be housed elsewhere.

— Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026
Instead, the agency housed an average of 16 detainees daily there this year, at a cost of millions of dollars, the report found.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

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Escorted back by Israeli police and the Israeli military early Tuesday morning, the family passed by the settlers who had previously taken over the home, now camped in a tent outside.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Dozens of outlets, ranging from CNN and ITV News to PMC’s very own Variety and Hollywood Reporter, were camped outside the NRG train station.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
But, as seen in Piddington, that strategy can create challenges when a large asylum facility is proposed near a small community that has historically accommodated relatively few asylum seekers.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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Thanks to home video and cable TV, the film, not accounted as a success in its time, has become lodged in the childhood memories of several generations.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Netflix, like Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, has lodged an appeal to France’s highest court, the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat), to protest against new sub-quota investment obligations in documentary and animation.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

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Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes.

— Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
The new 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods will hammer many small- and medium-sized businesses, including family firms, that up to this point have been largely sheltered from the trade war.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

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