escape
Noun
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is a type of: running away - the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to besubtypes:
- evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
- break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak - an escape from jail
- getaway, lam - a rapid escape (as by criminals)
- exodus, hegira, hejira - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
- skedaddle - a hasty flight
specific instances:- hegira, hejira - the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
- underground railroad, underground railway - secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
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is a type of: diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulatessame as: escapism
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is a type of: carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstancessubtypes:
- escape mechanism - a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
- malingering, skulking - evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
- goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering - the evasion of work or duty
- circumvention - the act of evading by going around
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is a type of: avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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is a type of:
Verb
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subtypes:
- break, break away, break out - move away or escape suddenly
- escape from, shake, shake off, throw off - get rid of
- bilk, elude, evade - escape, either physically or mentally
- exfiltrate - escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control
- slip - move smoothly and easily
- run away - escape from the control of
- escape, get away - remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
same as: break loose, get away -
is a type of: avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or somethingsame as: miss
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is a type of: avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or somethingsubtypes: evade - use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
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is a type of: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex - be a mystery or bewildering tosame as: elude
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same as: get away
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subtypes:
- flee, fly, take flight - run away quickly
- skedaddle - run away, as if in a panic
same as: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
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