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Synonyms for escape
ɪˈskeɪpes·cape
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
escape, flightnoun
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:
relief valve, leakage, trajectory, evasion, dodging, escape cock, flight of stairs, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, flying, flight of steps, escapismescape, escapismnoun
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"
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relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapismevasion, escape, dodgingnoun
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"
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leakage, evasion, equivocation, nonpayment, turning away, dodge, escapism, shunning, flight, safety valve, escape cock, dodging, leak, relief valve, avoidance, escape valve, scheme, outflowescapenoun
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
"that was a narrow escape"
Synonyms:
relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapismescapenoun
a means or way of escaping
"hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
Synonyms:
relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapismescapenoun
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Synonyms:
relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, escapismescape, leak, leakage, outflownoun
the 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"
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leakage, evasion, leak, escape cock, fountain, escapism, flight, safety valve, spring, news leak, dodging, wetting, passing water, making water, effluence, relief valve, natural spring, efflux, escape valve, outpouring, outflowsafety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, escapeverb
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
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leakage, escape valve, leak, escape cock, escapism, dodging, evasion, safety valve, flight, outflow, relief valveescape, get away, break looseverb
run away from confinement
"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
Synonyms:
miss, scat, burst forth, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, explode, get away, lammiss, escapeverb
fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
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miss, get away, scat, break away, run away, leave out, bunk, get out, break loose, lose, get off, overlook, take to the woods, lack, overleap, scarper, fly the coop, drop, turn tail, run, omit, head for the hills, neglect, elude, hightail it, pretermit, get by, lamget off, get away, get by, get out, escapeverb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
"She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
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scarper, trip out, go out, fly the coop, get off, scat, trip, run away, get around, mail, send, send off, lam, dismount, get down, break away, get by, head for the hills, grapple, bunk, take to the woods, deal, pull, hop out, get out, take out, break, manage, leave, break loose, turn on, make out, miss, bring out, pull out, draw, hightail it, elude, exit, run, contend, cope, make do, light, unhorse, get away, turn tailelude, escapeverb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
"What you are seeing in him eludes me"
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miss, fudge, run, duck, hedge, dodge, break away, run away, hightail it, skirt, get out, break loose, bilk, get off, bunk, take to the woods, scat, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, circumvent, head for the hills, elude, parry, get by, evade, put off, sidestep, get away, lamescape, get awayverb
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:
miss, scat, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, get away, lamscat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break awayverb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
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course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, get off, run away, move, turn tail, chip, range, break out, run, beat, guide, function, lead, lam, thresh, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, break off, break, break loose, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, get out, get by, secede, thrash, run for, black market, miss, persist, splinter, incline, draw, hightail it, elude, be given, prevail, campaign, get away, tend, chip off, ladder, ply, come off, flail, meltescapeverb
issue or leak, as from a small opening
"Gas escaped into the bedroom"
Synonyms:
miss, scat, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, get away, lam
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Editors Contribution
get away, get out, released, unshackled, fleeverb
she finally had a chance to escape her prison.
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
escapeverb
Synonyms:
avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way ofescapeverb
Synonyms:
pass unobservedescapeverb
Synonyms:
flee, fly, abscond, decamp, VAMOSE, ABSQUATULATE, SLOPE, make or effect one's escape, make off, steal away, hasten away, slink away, run away, break loose, break away, gain one's freedom, whip off, take one's self off, beat a retreat, take to one's heels, cut and run, take french leave, be among the missingescapeverb
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slip, pass, go by, slip through the fingers, be passed over, be omittedescapenoun
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flightescapenoun
Synonyms:
release (from threatened danger)
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How to use escape in a sentence?
There are various opinions about the meeting, but the most important thing is that the talks have made it possible for people around the world, including the people of the US, SK and Japan, to escape the threats of war, nuclear threats and the threats of long range missiles.
I don't see how anyone could fail to be troubled and moved by the stockade, with its deadlines, escape tunnels and Providence Spring, that subtext of such clean, well-kept grounds is chaos and human limitation, and I can't walk across the stockade field without feeling challenged and defeated by its awful irony. Even the sky looks different from there.
It was for us, the government, without a doubt a difficult and tense moment when he [El Chapo] was able to escape from prison. ... But the important thing is that we were able to re-apprehend him. The most wanted criminal in Mexico, one of the most wanted in the world, was re-apprehended thanks to an intelligence effort and consistent work of the public security forces in our country.
My only dream, the one thing I live for, is to escape this camp and immigrate to Europe to start a new life after years of misery.
Once [the animals become] too big and dangerous for these activities, these lions are then killed for their bones, which are exported to Asia for traditional medicines, or [the lions are] sold to be killed by trophy hunters, largely from the United States, in canned hunts in which hand-reared lions are shot in a fenced area from which they cannot escape.
Translations for escape
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- هرب, فرار, هروبArabic
- отървавам се, избягвам, бя́гство, изплъзвам сеBulgarian
- eludir, escapar, fuitaCatalan, Valencian
- útěk, únik, uniknoutCzech
- flugtDanish
- entgehen, davonkommen, Flucht, ausweichen, fliehenGerman
- διαλανθάνω, γλιτώνω, διαφεύγω, διακόπτω, απόδραση, ξεφεύγω, δραπετεύωGreek
- eskapiEsperanto
- evadir, escapar, escapada, escape, fuga, detener, liberarse, abortar, salvar, fugarse, liberación, cancelar, esconder, eludir, escapatorio, tronarSpanish
- ihes eginBasque
- paeta, välttyä, päästä, esc-merkki, unohtua, pako, esc-näppäin, karata, selvitä, välttääFinnish
- éviter, évasion, échapper, échappatoireFrench
- éalúIrish
- dol-àsScottish Gaelic
- escaparGalician
- पलायनHindi
- փախուստ, խուսափել, փախչելArmenian
- melarikan diriIndonesian
- scappare, evitare, fugaItalian
- בריחהHebrew
- エスケープキー, 脱出, エスケープ, 逃げる, 免れるJapanese
- ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲುKannada
- revîn, filitîn, bazdanKurdish
- subterfugio, fugio, refugio, evado, profugio, fuga, aufugio, effugio, defugioLatin
- paheno, pahiko, kaireretanga, oraititanga, oraiti, pakiha, rere, oma, mawhiti, whatingaMāori
- ontgaan, stoppen, ontsnappen, escapetoets, ontsnappen aan, afbreken, onderbrekenDutch
- unnslippe, unnkomme, unngåNorwegian
- escaparOccitan
- ucieczkaPolish
- escapada, escape, fugir, evitar, escapar, iludir, desviar, escapatória, escPortuguese
- scappar, scapar, mütschir, scapper, mitscharRomansh
- esc, scăpa, fugă, eluda, scăpareRomanian
- эске́йп, отде́латься, [[соверши́ть]] [[побе́г]], ускольза́ть, избега́ть, бе́гство, спасе́ние, [[соверша́ть]] [[побе́г]], [[кла́виша]] [[эске́йп]], побе́г, ускользну́ть, спаса́ться, избежа́ть, спасти́сь, отде́лываться, побегRussian
- vyhnúť sa, utiecťSlovak
- pobegniti, ubežati, pobeg, zbežatiSlovene
- shmangem, arratisemAlbanian
- undfly, flykt, flySwedish
- kwepaSwahili
- தப்பிக்கTamil
- తప్పించుకోTelugu
- หนีThai
- takas, pagtakasTagalog
- kaçmakTurkish
- ВтечаUkrainian
- فرارUrdu
- thoát khỏiVietnamese
- אַנטלויפןYiddish
- 逃脱Chinese
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