WENT OFF Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

went off

verb

past tense of go off

as in exploded

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off

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as in progressed

to move forward along a course the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch

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as in departed

to leave a place often for another don't go off without telling us where we can find you

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Recent Examples of went off Darris Smith and safety Santana Banner were among several players who went off the field injured during the game. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 Marsh knew it, putting his hands on his helmet as the crowd roared and the stadium fireworks went off. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The Galaxy’s Kyogo Furuhashi went off because of an apparent hamstring injury and was replaced in the 10th minute by João Klauss, whose goal in the 71st minute capped the scoring. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Lowenstein and his cofounders answered member requests by hand, with an alarm that went off whenever a member messaged. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 An air raid alert went off as Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the site of a drone attack on the National Academy of Sciences last week. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026 Costello did make it onto the final episode of the show, which went off the air earlier this year. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 According to the call log, a witness told police a vehicle was traveling at a high speed, suddenly hit the brakes and went off the roadway, down an embankment. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 But the careful choreography of the day almost immediately went off track. — Shaila Dewan, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went off

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That's because after World War II, as suburbs exploded, cities across the country mandated bigger and bigger lot sizes for single-family homes only.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Stafford did just that, using his star receiver Puka Nacua, who exploded for 17 catches on 25 targets for 138 yards and a touchdown, to get into field goal range for kicker Harrison Mevis to try a 48-yard field goal for the win.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exploded

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The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

The defendant and others are said to have used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of departed

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An unexploded munition detonated during a school trip along Israel's northern border with Lebanon on Monday, killing a teenage boy and injuring 24 others, Israeli authorities and rescue workers said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2026
In one of the recent demonstrations in the town of Lens on Monday, a 15-year-old had picked up a police dispersal grenade that detonated, losing his hand and part of his lower arm, officials said.

— Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of detonated

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It got pushed back a year and the female lead changed when Rosa Salazar exited and Melissa Fumero came on.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
The following season, Philadelphia exited in the National League Championship Series, and the next two years saw losses in the Division Series.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of exited

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The $11 million spread is listed with Wade Weathers and Meg Kauffman at LandVest Christie’s International Real Estate and has come to market shortly after Vermont’s most expensive home popped up for sale.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Kyle Tucker popped up to center, and Teoscar Hernandez struck out on a ball off the plate by about two and a half feet.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of popped

Verb

In 2012, Brand took Australian journalist Liz Hayes’ head into his hands during an interview and proceeded to kiss her face and place his hands on her body.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
After cleaning the pizza slicer, an employee proceeded to return it to the pizza cutting table without sanitizing.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026