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escapes

NOUN

breaking away; getaway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal

STRONG

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 slip spring

WEAK

eschewal runaround

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrival coming entrance stay staying

STRONG

directness meeting

WEAK

capture maintenance

VERB

break away from

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

abscond bolt circumvent decamp desert double duck elope pass shun skip

WEAK

bail out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away with get off go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on steal away take a powder take flight take on the lam work out of wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appear arrive come confront continue encounter face meet stand stay take on wait walk

STRONG

accept aid assist help

WEAK

capture remain

Example Sentences

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And while the women of Chinatown’s faraway past may have daydreamed and even plotted their escapes, See keeps going back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s an inclusive environment that rejects the solo artistic ego in favor of human-machine collaboration that almost immediately escapes its creator’s grasp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Later Lisa, who often escapes but then allows herself to be brought back, snaps, “Who in their right mind would wanna live out there?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Fipronil can harm aquatic insects and pollinators if it escapes into the environment, but in this case it was injected into wood, which lowers the chance of off-target effects.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

The smoke gathers in the high ceiling and escapes through a hole in the roof.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone