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All escape synonyms

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noun escape

  • seepage β€” the act or process of seeping; leakage.
  • leakage β€” an act of leaking; leak.
  • leak β€” an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
  • outflow β€” the act of flowing out: We need flood control to stem the river's outflow.
  • discharge β€” to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • drip β€” to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
  • spurt β€” to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
  • emission β€” The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
  • flight β€” an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • getaway β€” a getting away or fleeing; an escape.
  • break β€” When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • breakout β€” If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
  • departure β€” Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
  • desertion β€” the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
  • disappearance β€” the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
  • freedom β€” the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
  • liberation β€” the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • outbreak β€” a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
  • rescue β€” to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
  • withdrawal β€” Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
  • awol β€” If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
  • abdication β€” the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.
  • avoidance β€” Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
  • beat β€” If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • bolt β€” A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
  • bypassing β€” a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • circumvention β€” to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • decampment β€” The act of decamping.
  • deliverance β€” Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.
  • dodging β€” Present participle of dodge.
  • ducking β€” to stoop or bend suddenly; bob.
  • elopement β€” The act of eloping.
  • elusion β€” The act of eluding.
  • elusiveness β€” The state of being elusive.
  • unevasive β€” tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion: an evasive answer.
  • hegira β€” Islam. Hijra.
  • lam β€” to beat; thrash.
  • leave β€” to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • out β€” away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • powder β€” British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • retreat β€” the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • shunning β€” to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • slip β€” to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • spring β€” String PRocessING language
  • runaround β€” indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
  • diversion β€” the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
  • distraction β€” the act of distracting.
  • pastime β€” something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.

verb escape

  • flee β€” to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
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