GOING OFF Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

going off

verb

present participle of go off

as in exploding

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 progressing

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

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as in departing

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 going off If time expires, the player going off must still leave the field. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 While some, going off of available video, thought that the Yanks caught a break on what would have been a go-ahead blast from Alonso, Aaron Boone didn’t feel that way after the game. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 The semi continued its path, going off the road of C-470 before rolling. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Kanan’s really going off into the deep end because there’s nobody left to help him or protect him. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 July 2026 That included a tank chase shot largely on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on the first day of filming, complete with a rig that let an actor swing with explosions going off behind him. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Commercials showed off sleek and imposing vehicles with four-wheel drive going off-roading through rugged terrain, adding some aspiration to a Tuesday night baseball practice pick-up . — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 None of it requires banning a single drug, but just enough friction, at enough points in the system, that staying on treatment becomes harder than going off it. — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026 There were fireworks going off over our heads, and Kenny Loggins was singing. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 16 July 2026

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Verb

Likewise, Roman will see exploding stars called supernovas that allow astronomers to measure how fast the universe has been expanding.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Steiner said a mass of glacial ice dropping from a great height could have felt like a bomb exploding, resulting in the chaos that followed.

— Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploding

Verb

Ryan Weathers might have avoided a serious elbow injury, and Max Fried is progressing from his own elbow issue.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Bell, Miami’s third-round pick who is recovering from a November knee injury that included ACL and MCL damage, continues steadily progressing toward a possible early-season appearance.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

As boards sought more experienced directors, just 10% of the incoming class were aged 50 or under, while half of departing directors were in their 50s.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
While there will be no season 6 for Outer Banks, and the remaining cast is departing, there has been a prequel series, Kildare, in the works for a while.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of departing

Verb

Bowie planned to put the bomb in a delivery bag and escape to Syria after detonating it, the complaint alleges.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Just weeks before her confrontation with Cunningham, Carrington sent shockwaves through the WNBA by publicly detonating her former relationship on social media.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of detonating

Verb

While doing so has helped millions of individuals access the power of electronics, the shrinking size of transistors is presenting problems at mass manufacturing scales.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Alicia McCalla, 56, a fiction writer who has been doing voice work for five years out of her home in Atlanta, decided to ignore union suggestions and clone her voice.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

But Charter executives have discussed exiting that relationship, which guarantees the team about $200 million a year in revenue, according to people familiar with the company’s plans who were not authorized to comment.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Comedy development exec Andy Weil is exiting Netflix after 11 years to join Amazon as its new head of comedy.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exiting

Verb

Since then, more suits across the country have followed, blowing huge holes into NCAA eligibility rules, new and old.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Although skies are still smoky across portions of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, not much is blowing east of there.

— Ben Noll, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing

Verb

The antlers grew off to the sides of the deer’s head instead of going upward, which contributed to the wide inside spread and long beams.

— Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Shortly after exiting, Hawley complained of feeling lightheaded before slumping to the ground and going unconscious.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026