to bunker

Examples

• All

• So you would just, like, bunker up at home?

• Say what we do is we just bunker down for the night.

  Freshwater (2016)

• Nah, see, I just found me a nice little place to bunker down, waited it out.

  The Manson Brothers: Midnight Zombie Massacre (2021)

• Britain and a couple of small contingents from Eastern European countries had decided to simply show the flag, then bunker down.

  Blog text (29)

• During the storm, everyone decided to bunker down in the safest part of the house.

• Whenever there's a threat of severe weather, we bunker down with supplies and stay indoors.

• The family chose to bunker down in the basement until the tornado warning passed.

Synonyms

H

to hide out

vsto bunker

• Informal

76 5.6

To stay in a secret place to avoid danger or trouble

is about protection in a secure spot rather than secrecy or escape

S

to shelter

vsto bunker

76 2.5

To give someone a safe place to stay from danger or bad weather

is narrower, focusing on oneself in a secure place during danger

H

to hole up

vsto bunker

• Informal

63 6.8

To stay in a safe place and avoid going out, often to hide

is about protecting oneself in a secure place, not only hiding

H

to hunker down

vsto bunker

16 7.5

To stay in one safe place and wait until danger passes

is about protecting oneself in a secure place rather than on preparing or settling in

C

to cocoon

vsto bunker

1 6.7

To stay alone in a safe place and avoid contact with others

is more physical sheltering rather than personal withdrawal or isolation

Antonyms

R

to risk

∞ 3.0

To do something that may cause harm or lead to loss

E

to expose

479 3.2

Put someone in a situation where they can be harmed by something

Compounds

B

bunker buster

• Specialized

3 7.9

A very strong bomb that breaks through thick concrete to explode inside underground shelters

B

bunker mentality

2 7.9

A defensive, isolated attitude people develop after being criticized many times

B

Battle of Bunker Hill

1 4.7

An early battle of the American Revolution near Boston in which the British won but suffered heavy losses

How Protected

to bunker

1 5.8

to take cover

69 3.4

to hide

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology