Meanings
verbbreak camp (third-person singular simple present breaks camp, present participle breaking camp, simple past broke camp, past participle broken camp)
present singular third person breaks camp · participle present breaking camp · past broke camp · participle past broken camp
- To pack up a campsite and move on.
Soldiers, break camp! We strike the city of Sardis at dawn!
Synonyms: strike camp, strike the tent, decamp
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo pack up a campsite and move on.
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Translations
Dutch opbreken
- opbrekenpack up a campsite and move on
Finnish purkaa leiri
- purkaa leiripack up a campsite and move on
French lever le camp, décamper
- lever le camppack up a campsite and move on
- décamperpack up a campsite and move on
Italian levare il campo, decampare
- levare il campopack up a campsite and move on
- decamparepack up a campsite and move on
Polish zwijać obóz, zwinąć obóz
- zwijać obózpack up a campsite and move on
- zwinąć obózpack up a campsite and move on
Portuguese levantar acampamento
- levantar acampamentopack up a campsite and move on
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APA
break camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20camp
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“break camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20camp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break camp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20camp.
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