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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | decampment, escapement, escaping, flight, getaway, jailbreak, prison break |
| Main Entry: | eruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting |
| Notes: | eruption is breaking out; irruption is breaking in |
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking away; getaway |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, abdication, avoidance, beat, bolt, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, flight, freedom, hegira, lam, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, runaround, shunning, sidestepping, slip, spring, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | capture, maintenance, stay |
| Main Entry: | flight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleeing; departure |
| Synonyms: | beat*, break*, breakout, escape, escapement, escaping, exfiltration, exit, exodus, fugue, getaway, getaway car, lam, out*, powder, retreat, retreating, running away, slip*, spring* |
| Antonyms: | standing, staying, waiting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | getaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | break, breakout, decampment, flight, lam, slip |
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outbreak of disease or condition |
| Synonyms: | breakout, epidemic, eruption, flood, hives, pandemic, plague, series, spate, succession, wave |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Main Entry: | decampment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, abscondment, breakout, decamping, departure, escapement, exit, flight, getaway |
| Main Entry: | escapement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | breaking away, breakout, decampment, escaping, evasion, exodus, flight, getaway |
| Main Entry: | lam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, abdication, avoidance, beat*, bolt*, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, escapement, eschewal, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, flight, freedom, getaway, hegira, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, runaround, shunning, sidestepping, slip*, spring, withdrawal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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