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[ dih-kamp ] / dɪˈkæmp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR decamp ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night. Origin of decamp1670–80; <French décamper, equivalent to dé-dis-1 + camper to encamp; see camp1 OTHER WORDS FROM decampde·camp·ment, nounWords nearby decampdecalitre, Decalogue, decamerous, decametre, decametric, decamp, decan, decanal, decane, decanedioic acid, decani Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for decampWithin a couple of years he intends to decamp for either San Diego or San Francisco. Real-Estate Trends: Renting Gets Glamorous|Nancy Hass|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST For starters, you must eliminate excess, so, if you wished, you could decamp on a dime. Horoscopes: The Week of March 27|Starsky + Cox|March 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST Because she was a stranger who was likely to decamp instantly when he let her go? Mary Louise in the Country|L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne) I shall turn her over to Moses, and decamp before she gets there. In Her Own Right|John Reed Scott
Mr. Decamp was interviewed by Mr. Herndon regarding Lincoln's religious views in July, 1887. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg Doubtless it was the perception of this truth which led many of the settlers to decamp after spoiling the Egyptians. William Pitt and the Great War|John Holland Rose Mr. Farrar is housekeeper, and 'tidies up' with such vigour that his three comrades threaten to give up their lodgings and decamp. A Woman's Part in a Revolution|Natalie Harris Hammond
British Dictionary definitions for decamp
verb (intr)to leave a camp; break camp to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond Derived forms of decampdecampment, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to decampvamoose, hightail, depart, skedaddle, escape, evacuate, bolt, scram, flee, disappear, beat it, break camp, clear out, hit the road, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, slip away |