Thesaurus / runaway
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synonyms for runaway
- escapee
- fugitive
- lawbreaker
- delinquent
- absconder
- truant
- deserter
- maroon
- offender
- escaper
- wanted person
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A star can become a runaway when other massive stars fling it away through their gravity.
RUNAWAY STARS MAY CREATE THE MYSTERIOUS ULTRAVIOLET GLOW AROUND SOME GALAXIESKEN CROSWELLNOVEMBER 30, 2020SCIENCE NEWSWe still have to rein in runaway health care costs, and get the still-raging pandemic under control, to say nothing of preparing for whatever outbreaks are yet to come.
ARE WE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?CLEAF2013OCTOBER 17, 2020FORTUNEThe problem is that runaway fires in overgrown forests don’t achieve the same results as controlled burns.
SUPPRESSING FIRES HAS FAILED. HERE’S WHAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO DO INSTEAD.JAMES TEMPLESEPTEMBER 17, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt’s unlikely that any big automaker can remain a runaway growth machine after decades in the business, but we’ll give Tesla a generous multiple of 25 in 2030, meaning that investors still expect it to wax at better-than-industry rates.
TESLA HAS A BUSINESS MODEL PROBLEM: IT CAN NEVER JUSTIFY ITS CURRENT STOCK PRICE BY SIMPLY MAKING CARSSHAWN TULLYAUGUST 29, 2020FORTUNEAntarctica’s existing ice sheets, for example, could theoretically limit runaway greenhouse warming.
A RAINFOREST ONCE GREW NEAR THE SOUTH POLECAROLYN GRAMLINGMAY 11, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSAnd here we come to the first unpleasant incident in the story of the runaway children.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER"He's a runaway, sir, from my kennels out in Townsend," the man explained to Mr. Cordyce.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER"And there's that infernal coward of a ranchero," cried Coronado, as the runaway sentry sneaked back to the group.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTThat I should have to meet this miserable runaway serf, and find myself in his power in the midst of a Syrian desert!
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEThe shot had missed; they heard the runaway splash into the river and go stumbling across it and then there was silence.
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINEJOHN FOX, JR.SYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO RUNAWAY
- absolute
- assured
- categorical
- cinched
- clear
- clear-cut
- clinched
- destined
- determined
- distinct
- emphatic
- explicit
- express
- fated
- for sure
- in the bag
- indisputable
- nailed
- on ice
- positive
- prearranged
- predetermined
- pronounced
- resolved
- runaway
- settled
- sure
- unalterable
- unambiguous
- undeniable
- undisputed
- unequivocal
- unmistakable
- unquestionable
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