SPIRIT (AWAY OR OFF) Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

spirit (away or off)

verb

Definition of spirit (away or off)

as in to fasten (on)

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Few college football programs can flip an offensive line annually by meshing this many transfers without experiencing significant problems.

— Bob Ferrante, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
These historic heels play on the futurism art trend meshed with boho silhouettes of the time, integrating sculptural heels and patchwork into some shoes.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

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In 2020, 1-year-old Mateo Mantufar-Barrera was abducted at gunpoint by kidnappers who jumped out of a passing vehicle near his home in Chamblee, a city about 15 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
In response, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to help rescue the four technicians, who the Haitian government says were abducted.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of abduct

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An ex-Garden Grove police sergeant kidnapped and assaulted a co-worker, an Orange County prosecutor says.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Savannah Guthrie has taken to social media to urge anyone with knowledge about her mother, Nancy, who was presumed kidnapped in February and has yet to be found, to come forward.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of kidnap

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One fascination of this brave book—brave in its disclosures but more so in its demands, its spiritual rigor, and its ardent intellectualism—lies in watching the eloquent, intelligent sufferer steadily entrapping herself.

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
How else could that show have ended, the way people were being entrapped, and, certainly, with the dubious legality of it all?

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrap

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