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| 1. | [ verb ] run away from confinement | |
| Synonyms: | get_away break_loose | |
| Examples: | "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
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| Related terms: | flee shake break slip elude run_away getaway escapee | |
| 2. | [ verb ] fail to experience | |
| Synonyms: | miss | |
| Examples: | "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" |
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| Related terms: | avoid | |
| 3. | [ verb ] escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | |
| Synonyms: | get_away get_off get_by get_out | |
| Examples: | "She gets away with murder!" "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" |
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| Related terms: | avoid evade evasion | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the act of escaping physically | |
| Synonyms: | flight | |
| Examples: | "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage" "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
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| Related terms: | running_away exodus getaway evasion Underground_Railroad hegira break flee | |
| 5. | [ verb ] issue or leak, as from a small opening | |
| Examples: | "Gas escaped into the bedroom" |
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| Related terms: | issue | |
| 6. | [ noun ] an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | |
| Synonyms: | escapism | |
| Examples: | "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life" "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" |
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| Related terms: | diversion | |
| 7. | [ verb ] be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | |
| Synonyms: | elude | |
| Examples: | "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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| Related terms: | perplex defy | |
| 8. | [ noun ] nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | |
| Synonyms: | dodging evasion | |
| Examples: | "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible" "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" |
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| Related terms: | negligence shirking malingering circumvention escape_mechanism tax_evasion miss hedge | |
| 9. | [ noun ] an avoidance of danger or difficulty | |
| Examples: | "that was a narrow escape" |
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| Related terms: | avoidance miss | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a means or way of escaping | |
| Examples: | "hard work was his escape from worry" "they installed a second hatch as an escape" "their escape route" |
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| Related terms: | means | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (botany) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | |
| Related terms: | plant | |
| 12. | [ verb ] remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | |
| Synonyms: | get_away | |
| Examples: | "We escaped to our summer house for a few days" "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" |
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| Related terms: | escapist | |
| 13. | [ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | |
| Synonyms: | run run_away lam head_for_the_hills hightail_it fly_the_coop bunk break_away turn_tail take_to_the_woods scarper | |
| Examples: | "If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
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| Related terms: | leave flee skedaddle fugitive | |
| 14. | [ noun ] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container | |
| Synonyms: | leakage outflow leak | |
| Examples: | "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe" "he had to clean up the leak" |
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| Related terms: | discharge leak leak | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level | |
| Synonyms: | relief_valve escape_valve escape_cock safety_valve | |
| Related terms: | regulator valve | |
| Similar spelling: |
escapee Espe Espey ESP ESOP |
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