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noun

Definition of decampingnext
as in departure
the act of leaving a place the mass decamping for the mountains or the shore by city dwellers that occurs every summer weekend

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decamping

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verb

present participle of decamp
as in escaping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamping
  1. departure
  2. escaping
  3. going
  4. absconding
  5. leave
  6. retreating
Noun
  • The departure follows months of disagreement over Super Micro Computer’s governance practices and board independence.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Ross’s decision to retire was well-documented but Klineman informed the AVP of her imminent departure from volleyball just five days ago.
    Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of departure
Verb
  • Nash-Betts' character ended up crashing her car, landing her back in the hospital with Ed as her nurse, and the episode ended with the pair breaking out of the hospital hand-in-hand and escaping in Ed's red convertible.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Helene was so destructive, many residents don’t have a home left to clean up, escaping the storm with little more than the clothes on their backs, even losing their shoes to the surging tides.
    Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of escaping
Noun
  • In the early going, all that really distinguishes it from Sheridan’s other shows is a promising premise and an offbeat lead performance.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • All three of Perfetti’s goals have come with the man advantage, on a power play that’s No. 1 in the league in the early going, with a 10-for-23 success rate, or 43.5 percent.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of going
Verb
  • Noblewoman Jeanne de La Motte then, so the story goes, posed as the queen and convinced an out-of-favor cardinal to give her the lavish necklace as a gift before absconding with the lucrative diamonds.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Despite never having laid eyes on him, Nam feels drawn to understand where and how his father passed, and before absconding from Vietnam embarks on a journey with Hoa, Ba and Viet to find the site of his death.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of absconding
Noun
  • At just one or two centimeters across, each plant is the size of a fingernail and has leaves as small as gnats.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Tuck candy leaves into mounds in a star shape, layering leaves and piping additional frosting on backs of leaves as needed.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of leave
Verb
  • If using a fountain pen or retreating to a mountain house can make the cognitive load of producing text even somewhat more bearable, writers will consider it.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
  • If Tehran opts not to retaliate, though, Iran will look weak and appear to be retreating from Israel.
    Dan De Luce, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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