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escape

noun
  1. the act of escaping physically
    “I made my escape from the mental hospital.”
    flight
  2. a means or way of getting out of a situation or physical restraints
    “The escape from the forest was hard work.”
  3. an avoidance of danger or difficulty
    “that was a narrow escape”
  4. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
    “Romantic novels are my escape from the stress of daily life.”
    escapism
  5. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    evasion
  6. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler)
    safety valverelief valveescape valveescape cock
  7. the discharge of a fluid from some container
    “they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe”
    leakleakageoutflow
  8. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
verb
  1. issue or leak, as from a small opening
    “Gas escaped into the bedroom”
  2. fail to experience
    miss
  3. escape potentially unpleasant consequences
    get offget awayget byget out
  4. run away from confinement
    “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”
    break looseget away
  5. flee
    lamrunscatrun awayhightail ithead for the hillstake to the woodsfly the coopscarperturn tail
  6. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
    “We escaped to our summer house for a few days”
    get away
  7. be incomprehensible to
    “escape understanding by”
    elude