SKEDADDLED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

skedaddled

verb

past tense of skedaddle

as in retreated

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite

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As the Laurentide retreated across the plateau, tundra plants colonized the newly bare ground.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
As the world has become more and more connected, governments have retreated from global problems.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of retreated

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To win over Hispanic voters who fled regimes in countries like Cuba and Venezuela, the GOP has tapped into fears of a socialist takeover, fueled by the rise of increasingly progressive Democratic candidates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Many of them fled to the south to escape famine and economic hardship.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fled

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The teacher bolted from the room as the shooter reached for his shotgun.

— Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The bill was renamed in June after Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old tourist from India, died while jumping after his mother when their carriage horse bolted on a sightseeing tour in the park.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bolted

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Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
The man running as a Libertarian for that Senate seat in Texas, one Ted Brown, had the best line of the day.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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