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ESCAPE

Definition:

1. [noun] the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
   Synonyms: flight
   
   
2. [noun] an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
   Synonyms: escapism
   
   
3. [noun] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
   Synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow
   
   
4. [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: safety valve, relief valve, valve, cock
   
   
5. [noun] nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
   Synonyms: evasion, dodging
   
   
6. [noun] an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
   
   
7. [noun] a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
   
   
8. [noun] a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
   
   
9. [verb] run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
   Synonyms: get away, break loose
   
   
10. [verb] fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
    Synonyms: miss
    
    
11. [verb] escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
    Synonyms: get off, get away, get by, get out
    
    
12. [verb] be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
    Synonyms: elude
    
    
13. [verb] issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
    
    
14. [verb] remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
    Synonyms: get away
    
    
15. [verb] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
    Synonyms: run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away
    
    

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Related Words:

• break, break out, break away
• shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
• elude, evade, bilk
• slip
• run away
• escape, get away
• evade
• defy, resist, refuse
• flee, fly, take flight
• skedaddle
• evasion
• break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
• getaway, lam
• exodus, hegira, hejira
• Hegira, Hejira
• Underground Railroad, Underground Railway
• escape mechanism
• malingering, skulking
• shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking
• circumvention

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