WENT OFF Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

went off

verb

past tense 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 progressed

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

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as in departed

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 went off Monaco and Horodyshche, Ukraine — When the blast went off, Vadym Yermolaiev’s mind went blank. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Officials said the alarms went off during a test of the emergency systems. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 The truck went off the road after the man lost control and hit the tree, the sheriff's office said. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026 Then, Jeremy went off script—at least to Tallulah and Justin—and announced that someone very special had written something for them. — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 Five teenage boys were killed when their car went off a Colorado cliff, police reported. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 The Parks worker, Joshua Moe, 24, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment after the child lost parts of her fingers on her left hand when the firework went off Tuesday evening, police said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 The cast was obviously there for the conversation that happened at the dinner table, but then the conversation between Stassi and Beau went off away from the table. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026 Five 17-year-old boys died when their vehicle went off a cliff in Colorado and crashed, authorities said. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went off

Verb

Prediction market platforms have exploded in popularity in recent years, facing condemnation from lawmakers and others who argue the sites commodify human suffering and, in some cases, incentivize wrongdoing.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
For example, shares of medical platform Doximity exploded earlier this month when CEO Jeffrey Tangney said that the company's AI search product is pulling in revenues-per-search that are 10 times what the tool costs to run.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploded

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Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
While England progressed to the World Cup semi-finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Trent Alexander-Arnold was getting ready for a new season and a new coach at Real Madrid in Jose Mourinho.

— Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressed

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Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of departed

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Trump in a Truth Social post said the United States' naval blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect and that mines in the Strait of Hormuz had been removed or detonated.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

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Social media videos have popped up showing young women on scooters wearing helmets, but no headscarves.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Bowry’s inconsistencies popped up for a second straight game, which should give Grable every opportunity to be the Bills’ primary reserve swing tackle to open the season.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of popped

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O’Connell proceeded to throw five straight completions in just over a minute to bring Las Vegas to the Houston 34.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Yet the reunion proceeded without Johnson, the band’s founding drummer, who’d pleaded guilty in 2020 to violating a domestic violence protection order and who was arrested in 2021 on charges of child abuse.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026