escape

Definition for escape

noun as in breaking away; getaway

Strongest matches

breakout, departure, desertion, disappearance, flight, freedom, liberation, outbreak, rescue, withdrawal

Strong matches

AWOL, abdication, avoidance, beat, bolt, break, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, hegira, lam, leave, out, powder, release, retreat, shunning, sidestepping, spring

Weak matches

eschewal, runaround

verb as in break away from

Strongest matches

avoid, depart, disappear, dodge, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, leave, run, slip, slip away, vanish

Strong matches

abscond, bolt, circumvent, decamp, desert, double, duck, elope, pass, shun, skip

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He wrote, “The bed, naturally enough, caught on fire, and Keith and Donna barely escaped the sudden inferno with their skins intact. The room was a total loss.”

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