WALKAWAY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

walkaway

noun

Definition of walkaway

as in sweep

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Recent Examples of walkaway Despite the walkaway, CDCR said nearly all who leave such programs without permission are eventually apprehended — a rate of 99% since 1977, officials touted in the news release. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025 The Post’s count of walkaway deaths included three at Brookdale facilities and one at a Sunrise facility. — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkaway

Noun

Junior Caminero and Jonny DeLuca had RBI singles in the first and Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer for the Rays, who never trailed in a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in their AL Division Series.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Waymos, like data centers, provide a ready vessel for strong reactions to the broad sweep of technological change.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweep

Noun

The trigger for lithium-ion battery fires is a process called thermal runaway, a cascading sequence of heat-releasing reactions inside the battery cell.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
In The Runaway, Rockwell illustrated a runaway at a diner getting help from a police officer.

— Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of runaway

Noun

The Mexican navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution, citing high waves, heavy rain and the risk of rising rivers, flooding and landslides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The additional heavy rain will increase the risk of landslides and debris flows, especially in areas where landslides have occurred in the past.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

In IconArrows pointing outwards Morgan Stanley Far more important to me will be how stocks respond to another quarter of probable blowout earnings growth from the AI complex.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
In 2022, Donald sacked Allen once in a 31-10 season-opening blowout defeat that started the Rams’ historic Super Bowl hangover.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

Gold Phoenix is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, but the Grade 2 race is hardly a walkover.

— Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
For amenities like restrooms, a handicap accessible walkover, ample parking, and a lifeguard on duty, consider the Santa Clara Regional beach access.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

Definition of walkover

Noun

Napoleon Bonaparte, having already lost half a million soldiers in Russia, was still an emperor dreaming of new conquests.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Columbus, for all his accomplishments in exploration, also had a brutal history of killing, raping, and enslaving natives, and forcing cultural assimilation and Christianity during his conquest of the Americas.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of conquest

Noun

The film, about Spain’s colonial subjugation of the Philippines, is one of the Filipino auteur’s shorter features running ‘only’ 2 hours 31 minutes.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
The Civil War breaking out just a century later showcases why white supremacy and the subjugation of Black people and people of color have meant a certain level of instability for many American citizens since the very beginning.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 June 2026

Definition of subjugation

Noun

She was seen near the shelter in the days leading up to her capture.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Much of the theory also stems from Belbruno's work on permanent capture into the solar system and weak stability boundaries published in 2024 in the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026