decamp

• Verbo que significa irse de un lugar repentina o secretamente, a menudo para escapar o evitar algo.

A verb meaning to leave a place suddenly or secretly, often to escape or avoid something.

1. Leave suddenly or secretlyC1formal

   To depart quickly and often secretly, especially to avoid detection or to escape a situation.

   largarse, huir, escabullirse

   • The thief decamped with the stolen jewels in the middle of the night.
   • After the scandal broke, the politician decamped to a remote island.
   • The soldiers decamped from the battlefield under cover of darkness.

   Sinónimosabscondboltdisappearfleemake offrun offslip awaysneak awaytake offvanish

   Antónimosarriveremainstay

2. Move campC1formal

   To break camp and move to a new location.

   Levantar el campamento

   • The explorers decamped at dawn to continue their journey.
   • The army decamped from the valley and marched toward the mountains.
   • They decamped from the riverside to avoid the rising floodwaters.

   Sinónimosbreak campmovemove onrelocate