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

Key justices appeared wary about the potential sweep of litigation, but torn over the complex questions of federal and state law raised by the case.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Resolving the case avoids a trial where Merrill intended to defend its rates as standard among bank sweep programs, arguing that sweep accounts are meant for short-term liquidity rather than long-term investment yield.

— Chase Jordan October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweep

Noun

Battery fires are challenging to combat because, when a battery is damaged, a self-sustaining chemical reaction called thermal runaway can occur and easily spread to adjacent batteries.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 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

During the previous general election — which saw Starmer lead the governing Labour party to a landslide victory and end 14 years of Conservative rule — Burnham was serving as Mayor of Manchester.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Rescuers are still searching for more than 5,000 people missing in the border region with China after August’s glacier collapse unleashed landslides and a flash flood that tore through valleys.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

Then there’s a big dropoff in snaps to the young guys who have entered in blowouts, led by Mykah Newton (19) and Keyshawn Stancil (18).

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Bond yield blowout Worries about a potential debt crisis in France boiled over last week, leading to a selloff in French bonds and a sharp rise in yields.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 7 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

In those texts, the conquest and colonization of the Western Hemisphere were inseparable from religious conversion.

— Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
Empires is surreal and gripping, a novelist’s telling of the disorientation and violence of imperial conquest.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 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

Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had commented on the airport’s reported capture.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had issued an official statement on the airport’s reported capture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026