went (away)

verb

Definition of went (away)next
past tense of go (away)
as in disappeared

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  1. disappeared
  2. evaporated
  3. melted
  4. fled
  5. faded
  6. divided
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  • Now that raw capability is no longer scarce, the excuse for hiding behind these proxies has quietly disappeared.
    — Vikas Verma, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The show centers on Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley), who has been living like something of a hermit since his girlfriend Clea disappeared without a trace seven years ago.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappeared
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  • The smallest of these would have evaporated quickly, disappearing from the cosmos long ago.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone who regularly follows dark matter news knows that past tantalizing anomalies evaporated as more data came in.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporated
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  • Place the remaining ¼ cup (45 g) chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat at 50% power in 10-second increments, stirring well with a rubber spatula after each, until melted, about 30 seconds total.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • It was completely melted at this point, the plastic tubing slick with condensation.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of melted
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  • Bethea fled the scene and reportedly made no attempt to report the crash, according to court records.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • According to police, the suspect was a white male who had a bike and fled the scene.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of fled
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  • The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Countless lonely young ones over the years have heard themselves in Team Dresch’s music, which is why their music has never faded away.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded
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  • The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of divided
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“Went (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20%28away%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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