decamp

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decamp¹

  • /diːˈkæmp/ UK

Rhymes with -æmp

Where it comes from

* French décamper, Old French descamper.

verb decamps · decamping · decamped

  1. intransitive To break camp and move on.
  2. intransitive To disappear suddenly and secretly. Colombia is a red herring, however. The songs that became Madame X actually came together during Madonna’s two years in Portugal, where she decamped in 2017 when her son David enrolled in Benfica’s football academy. Madonna absorbed the local sounds with more of a mature, simpatico rather than asset
  3. To debark, to disembark. I let the civilian members of our team decamp the bus first and then the main members of Team Seven and finally the hippie from Iceland, Oran! ACT 50 I noticed an RAF truck at the bottom.

Similar: abscond, absquatulate

DeCamp²

proper noun DeCamps

  1. A surname

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verb

Similar: abscond, absquatulate

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verb break up camp and move on

中文拔營 /拔营 báyíng, 撤營 /撤营
Françaisdécamper
Deutschbut see das Lager abbrechen, aufbrechen, abmarschieren

verb disappear suddenly and secretly

中文消失 xiāoshī, 潛逃 /潜逃 qiántáo
Françaisdécamper
Deutschsich davonmachen, sich davonstehlen, heimlich verschwinden

verb debark

中文下船 xiàchuán, 登陸 /登陆 dēnglù
Françaisdébarquer
Deutschaussteigen, absteigen, ein Verkehrsmittel verlassen

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@misc{decamp_2026,
  title = {decamp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decamp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}