GONE OFF Synonyms: 178 Similar and Opposite Words

gone off

verb

past participle 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 proceeded

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

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as in moved

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 gone off Has your phone ever gone off during a live performance? —

Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2026 The film easily could've gone off the rails in less capable hands, but Yeoh grounds it in an emotional truth as Evelyn journeys from embittered to empowered. —

Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026 One has just gone off the rails, and one has stayed completely on the rails. —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026 Then, a long, explosive sound, as loud as if a bomb had gone off. —

Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Dawson’s Creek had just gone off the air and the actor, then 26, was eager to talk about his future. —

Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026 The 25-year-old appears to have gone off the boil, and has been jeered by fans at the Bernabeu on more than one occasion this season. —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026 Louisville, Kentucky — The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. —

Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes. —

T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025

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And then the Sox exploded for the big second inning.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Specifically, on May 4, 1886, eight men were arrested by the Chicago police for inciting violence after a bomb exploded at a protest and chaos broke out, with officer and civilian deaths.

— Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 1 May 2026