go (away)

verb

Definition of go (away)next
as in to separate

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  1. separate
  2. evaporate
  3. disappear
  4. flee
  5. fade
  6. melt
  7. evanesce
Verb
  • Smith and her husband moved to New Haven with their two daughters, but separated shortly thereafter.
    Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
  • He was concerned as a boy that even an iota of doubt could lead him to a different fate, relegating him to an eternity separated from his family, particularly his parents.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of separate
Verb
  • But those dreams evaporated quickly following the loss to the Bills.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of evaporate
Verb
  • Among Steenburgen's most memorable TV roles are as Patricia Heck in The Middle (2009-2018), Dr. Janet in Justified (2010-2015), and as Mary, a character who navigates life in a world where most humans have disappeared, in the post-apocalyptic comedy series The Last Man on Earth (2015-2018).
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • His relationships are often disastrous, his experiences with Vedanta comically absurd, and his obviously difficult personality never really disappears.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of disappear
Verb
  • The prosecution has successfully argued that Jennifer Crumbley cannot be trusted not to flee, given her behavior in the days after the shooting.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The deaths underscore the squalid conditions that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into often ramshackle tents find themselves in after fleeing Israeli bombardment and offensives.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of flee
Verb
  • This shift in mindset happens not through mandate but through results: When teams experience firsthand how AI amplifies their capabilities, their resistance naturally fades.
    Manmit Shrimali, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement As the years pass, those banners hanging inside Pauley Pavilion fade like the memories of those championships.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of fade
Verb
  • In a cast iron skillet, melt butter and brown sugar together.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This process melts areas of ice, incorporates oxygen into the water and allows more light to penetrate, promoting photosynthesis and further oxygen production.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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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