GONE OFF Synonyms: 178 Similar and Opposite Words

gone off

verb

past participle of go off

as in exploded

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 proceeded

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

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as in moved

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 gone off This is not the first time a pilot has gone off-piste to send a message. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 But a town in Murray County has one that's gone off its rails. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 18 June 2026 When some of your books have been adapted to film or television, the plots have often gone off in whole different directions. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 Fortunately for Musk and his rocket company, the uncrewed test flight largely appeared to have gone off without a hitch, with Starship hitting most of its major objectives prior to a fiery finale more than an hour after liftoff. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 May 2026 Had that gone off without a hitch, it would've been forgotten. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 Snoop Connor scored on the next play and Orlando was back in familiar territory, trailing at home and only about 5 minutes had gone off the clock. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026 There, a car had gone off the road and a man inside appeared to have been shot, police said. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026 Has your phone ever gone off during a live performance? — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2026

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Even as blue-collar wages increased, housing prices in most parts of the country exploded, keeping many Latinos who had been saving up locked out of the market.

— Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
For one, the Men’s World Cup in the North America has exploded interest in American soccer — a fact that has been written about relentlessly in the past few months.

— Alex Zietlow July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

Definition of exploded

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The countdown to launch had proceeded as planned throughout much of the day as SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company founded by tech mogul Elon Musk, worked toward Starship's 13th mission since 2023.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 July 2026
The bulldozers proceeded to turn Gaza’s Coca-Cola factory into a landscape of glittering glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of proceeded

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Salvador Perez hit a homer off Padres reliever Matt Waldron, a two-run shot that moved the Royals captain slightly closer to the club’s all-time record.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2026
Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of moved

Verb

Passengers at the back can also get extra serenading with the standard Burmester 3D Surround Sound with Dolby Atmos, which comes with an additional pair of rear speakers and a more powerful 710-watt amp.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 July 2026
Until the grid manages load better, data centers curtail their own, or new supply comes online, calling on emergency power isn't the backup plan.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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The vessels reportedly departed from Myanmar’s western Rakhine State in late June and were carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, according to a joint statement from the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency Thursday.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Historic words from mission to the moon On July 16, the astronauts had departed the Kennedy Space Center in a historic and globally watched mission to land a human on the moon for the first time.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 July 2026