Decamp

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  • intransitive verb. To depart secretly or suddenly.
  • intransitive verb. To depart from a camp or camping ground.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To depart from a camp or camping-ground; break camp; march off: as, the army decamped at six o'clock.
  • In a general sense, to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously; take one's self off; run away: as, he decamped suddenly.
  • To camp.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
  • intransitive verb. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To break up camp and move on.
  • verb. To disappear suddenly and secretly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. leave suddenly
  • verb. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  • verb. leave a camp
    • Word Usage
    "They decamp from the nick and roaraway in a cloud of dust."
    cross-reference
    depart  
    Form
    decamped  decamping  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    depart  go away  go forth  leave  quit  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Camp  Champ  amp  camp  champ  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    built  donut  spinnet  wast  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abscond  abscond  absquatulate  absquatulate  avoid  
    verb-form
    decamped  decamping  decamps  
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