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 Video of her kissing Wolf on the roof of the bar as fireworks went off overhead was published by TMZ. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 An explosion went off near the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus on Tuesday, where French President Emmanuel Macron had spent the night ahead of a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, according to French and Syrian media. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 By all accounts, the event went off without a hitch—but not without behind-the-scenes anxiety. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026 Off a cross from Lionel Messi, Cristian Romero headed in a ball that went off the hand of Egyptian goalkeeper Moustafa Shoubir into the net. — Nbc News, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Macron and Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa addressed the matter in a joint press conference after two bomb blasts went off by the hotel where the French president spent the night, injuring at least 18 people. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026 Officials in Monaco are pleading for help from the public after a man allegedly dropped a package bomb in a building lobby, which went off and wounded three people Monday. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 June 2026 Vinícius Júnior, who has scored four goals so far in this year’s tournament, had a chance to put Brazil on top in the 58th minute but his shot from the left box was deflected by Suzuki and went off the far post. — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The pick-up truck driver lost control and went off the roadway, where the vehicle then overturned. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 28 June 2026

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For example, demand for electric vehicles in the country exploded over the course of the war, and the number of EVs on the road surged by a third.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026

Definition of exploded

Verb

As the 1990s progressed, the Boston blossomed into a fashion statement for a wider audience.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
More importantly, while Yzerman’s Lightning teams made their living outside the first round of the draft, the Red Wings struggled to find major contributors in rounds 2-7 — or at least, ones who progressed quickly enough.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

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

Definition of departed

Verb

Those barriers were primarily designed to protect against gunfire, mortar and rocket attacks, and vehicle bombs detonated at a distance, not direct impacts from advanced weapons, according to a 2006 Army assessment of base infrastructure.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The estate played the home of Rose Byrne’s hoity-toity Helen Harris III in Bridesmaids (the backyard is where Kristen Wiig’s Annie detonated mid-bridal-shower, cookie in hand).

— David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of detonated

Verb

However, its move into video podcasts has not popped in quite the same way.

— Peter White, Deadline, 16 July 2026
In the past year, she’s popped up in the Super Bowl halftime show, competed on Dancing With the Stars, and appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of popped

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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