encamped

verb

past tense of encamp
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encamped
  1. housed
  2. camped
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
  5. sheltered
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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
Definition of housed
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  • Watery diarrhea, cramping and bloating can last for weeks, and those stricken with the parasite have reported being camped at their toilet for days.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Despite the heat, fans camped out at Valley Forge National Historical Park.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 July 2026
Definition of camped
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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
Definition of lodged
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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
Definition of sheltered
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