decamp

Meaning of decamp

verb
  1. leave a place suddenly or secretly.
    now he has decamped to Hollywood
  2. break up or leave a military camp.
    the armies of both chiefs had decamped

late 17th century: from French décamper, from dé- (expressing removal) + camp ‘camp’.

Information about decamp

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of decamp is: decamps.
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Hyphenation of decamp

de-camp

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • decamp is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

decamp synonyms

Meaning abscond:

abscond, bolt, absquatulate

Meaning skip:

skip, vamoose

Meaning run away from a place or situation of danger:

flee

Meaning cease to be visible:

disappear

Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:

vanish

Meaning break free from confinement or control:

escape

Meaning go away from:

leave

Meaning leave, especially in order to start a journey:

depart

Meaning leave a place, especially suddenly:

split

Meaning leave or go away from a place quickly:

scram

Meaning depart quickly or hurriedly; run away:

skedaddle

Meaning run away:

scarper

decamp antonyms

Meaning come or go back to a place or person:

return

Meaning settle in or establish a camp:

encamp

Anagrams of decamp

camped

Words that rhyme with decamp

Camp, cAMP, camp, Lacamp, Decamp, Manicamp, minicamp, oilcamp, encamp, incamp, uncamp, autocamp, hippocamp, discamp, scamp

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