GOING OFF Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

going off

verb

present participle of go off

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off

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as in progressing

to move forward along a course the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch

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as in departing

to leave a place often for another don't go off without telling us where we can find you

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Recent Examples of going off Freeman hit a solo homer in the sixth — a moon shot that sailed higher than the fireworks going off in the neighborhoods around Dodger Stadium. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026 Two months after Clint's death, Chelsey started reaching out to government officials to find ways to raise awareness about the dangers of going off-trail. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026 Entertainment Weekly broke the news in April that the DC Comics character would first appear in My Adventures with Superman season 3 before going off to headline her own Green Lantern spinoff. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 Despite there only being four events left on LIV's calendar for the year, a recent report from Front Office Sports has added speculation of those four events going off unscathed. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 The Seahawks won those shootouts, but that was mostly due to their special teams whipping the Rams and their offense going off, especially in the Super Bowl qualifier. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Think more even heat, better tasting meals, and less chance of smoke detectors going off mid-dinner, among other benefits. — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 6 May 2026 But the open kitchen concept, with local produce and jars of pickles on display for guests to touch, taste, and smell, makes going off-menu just as enticing—just ask the chef for suggestions. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

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Verb

While Schitt’s Creek was completely overlooked by Emmy voters for its first four seasons, landing its first four nominations in 2019 for Season 5 before exploding with 15 noms the following year, Hacks has been an Emmy darling from the start.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Plenty of cosmic wonders are expected to be revealed by the telescope, including thousands of previously unseen asteroids, exploding supernova stars and millions of distant galaxies.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of exploding

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The model, 31, was seen departing for the ceremony with boyfriend Bradley Cooper, 51.

— Morgan Evans, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Celebrations began Friday evening and stretched into the early hours of Saturday morning, with stars like Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and Paul Rudd seen departing the venue.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of departing

Verb

To put it simply—detonating nuclear weapons in space can be as disastrous as detonating them on Earth.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 July 2026
Many older interceptor missiles use blast-fragmentation warheads, detonating near the incoming missile and destroying it with high-speed metal fragments.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

Definition of detonating

Verb

Where looksmaxxing or sleepmaxxing push you to squeeze more results out of a habit, slowmaxxing asks you to squeeze more meaning out of doing less.

— Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Crews doing the shoring work have to take precautions because their job is inherently risky, according to structural engineer Matthew Roblez.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of doing

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Asian national teams largely disappointed at the World Cup, with most exiting after the group stage, a stark contrast to African teams' historic success.

— Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The Ada County Coroner’s Office identified 65-year-old Dawn Hettinger of Nampa as the woman killed after exiting her vehicle on westbound Interstate 84 about 20 miles east of Boise.

— Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026

Definition of exiting

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Technically, officials said, blowing past the deadline means Alameda County is no longer in exclusive negotiations with the Oakland Acquisition Company.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
But rather than cede ground to an outsider, the town's residents plant TNT in every single structure, blowing them up before Lassiter can get his hands on them.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Definition of blowing

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Acuff was held to three points after going 1 of 5 from the field and 1 of 4 from 3-point range in the opening period.

— Jason Anderson July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026