go (away)

verb

Definition of go (away)next
as in to separate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go (away)
  1. separate
  2. evaporate
  3. disappear
  4. flee
  5. fade
  6. melt
  7. evanesce
Verb
  • To put it in simplest terms, quadrants are a way to separate and weigh games depending on where they were played, who they were played against, and the expected winning percentage against an opponent’s NET ranking.
    Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • While the pair will be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, they will be too widely separated to fit within the field of view of a telescope or pair of binoculars.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of separate
Verb
  • That sense of urgency seems to have evaporated as Bolt struggles to answer questions about the strange deal.
    Iain Martin, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This time, after a 20-point lead late in the second quarter almost completely evaporated at the start of the third, the Heat came together to improve to 3-1 on the trip and 20-17 on the season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of evaporate
Verb
  • Add a layer of snow and the lawn may disappear for months at a time.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Her neighbors felt it too, a few of them carrying backpacks through the rubble, pointing out where a couch once was and contemplating how a refrigerator could disappear.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of disappear
Verb
  • The report found that 5% of the camps were created right after the quake in 2010, while an overwhelming number have sprouted up in response to the widespread gang violence that has forced Haitians to flee their homes and neighborhoods.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Forecasters warned that fierce winds could return to the Los Angeles area Tuesday, threatening the progress made to combat the deadly wildfires that have destroyed neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of flee
Verb
  • Sunlight had begun to fade, casting a shadow on the space.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Saturn, nearby, will become visible to the naked eye as dusk fades to darkness and remain observable for around three-and-a-half hours past sunset, at which point the pair will sink below the horizon and out of view.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of fade
Verb
  • Arctic ice is melting, the sea level is rising and temperatures are going to extremes in many locations around the world.
    Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In this aerial view melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of melt
Verb
  • Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
Definition of evanesce
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