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Definitions of escape
  1. verb
    remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
    "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"

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  2. 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
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  3. verb
    be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

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  4. noun
    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

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  5. verb
    fail to experience

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  6. noun
    the discharge of a fluid from some container
    "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"

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  7. verb
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  8. verb
    run away from confinement
    "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

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  9. noun
    an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
    "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"

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  10. noun
    the act of escaping physically
    "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage"

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  11. verb
    escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
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  12. 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"
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  13. noun
    an avoidance of danger or difficulty
    "that was a narrow escape"
  14. noun
    a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
  15. verb
    issue or leak, as from a small opening
    "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
Definition that contains escape
  • escape escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
  • evade escape, either physically or mentally
  • elude escape, either physically or mentally
  • exfiltrate escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control
  • bilk escape, either physically or mentally
  • get out escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
  • squeak through escape
  • get away escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
  • run away escape from the control of
  • get by escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
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