to exfiltrate

Examples

• All

• I'll radio Olivetti from the chopper... that we're coming in to exfiltrate the team.

  Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

• The freed American was then exfiltrated to the rescue force's headquarters by helicopter before being taken to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

  Blog text (28)

• My orders are to exfiltrate all American personnel.

  Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

• They would be special spaces built into cars for the purpose of exfiltrating that person across the border.

  WIRED

• "Immediately exfiltrate all American personnel... by aircraft and disperse garrison."

  Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

• We didn't count on the SEAL unit being delayed five hours and then exfiltrating this close to this high terrain.

  G.I. Jane (1997)

• The special forces team will exfiltrate the hostages before dawn.

• Our mission is to exfiltrate anyone still trapped in the enemy territory.

Synonyms

S

to smuggle

vsto exfiltrate

• NSFW

172 3.9

To secretly and illegally move things or people across a border

concerns covert extraction from hostile areas rather than illegal cross border transport

G

to get away

vsto exfiltrate

165 3.0

To escape from people who are holding you, often by force

focuses on secret removal from hostile areas, not only escape from confinement

E

to escape from

vsto exfiltrate

137 2.7

To get away from a person, place, or situation that causes trouble

narrows this to planned secret removal from enemy controlled areas

S

to sneak out

vsto exfiltrate

• Informal

125 3.7

To leave a place quietly so no one notices you

applies to covert extraction from hostile areas rather than ordinary quiet exit

E

to extricate

vsto exfiltrate

22 7.6

Free a person or thing from something that traps them

adds the element of secret removal from enemy areas rather than general freeing

S

to sneak away

vsto exfiltrate

• Informal

17 3.6

To leave a place quietly without being noticed

involves secret removal from dangerous enemy areas rather than simple quiet leaving

S

to steal away

vsto exfiltrate

4 6.3

To leave a meeting or party quietly so no one notices

is centred on covert removal from dangerous or enemy controlled areas

E

to exfil

vsto exfiltrate

• Jargon

3 9.9

To take people or data out of a dangerous place without being seen

is used specifically for secretly removing from enemy controlled areas

Antonyms

I

to infiltrate

127 7.4

To join a group in secret to get information or cause harm

How Covert

to exfiltrate

• Specialized

1 9.9

to escape

∞ 1.0

to evacuate

344 4.1

to leave

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology