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decamp

[ dih-kamp ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:

    We decamped before the rain began.

  2. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously:

    The band of thieves decamped in the night.



decamp

/ dɪˈkæmp /

verb

  1. to leave a camp; break camp
  2. to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond


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Derived Forms

  • deˈcampment, noun

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Other Words From

  • de·campment noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of decamp1

1670–80; < French décamper, equivalent to dé- dis- 1 + camper to encamp; camp 1

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Example Sentences

Within a couple of years he intends to decamp for either San Diego or San Francisco.

For starters, you must eliminate excess, so, if you wished, you could decamp on a dime.

Since the evening before, aides-decamp, leaving the governor's palace, galloped in every direction.

To "shoot the moon," as the English say, is to decamp from a house without paying the rent.

A pleasant sight it was, to behold the prelates occupied in hunting him, for he would not decamp!

All at once it struck me that if I really frightened him too much they might decamp without making a clean sweep.

Mr. Farrar is housekeeper, and 'tidies up' with such vigour that his three comrades threaten to give up their lodgings and decamp.

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