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escape
noun as in breaking away; getaway
Strongest matches
breakout, departure, desertion, disappearance, flight, freedom, liberation, outbreak, rescue, withdrawal
Strong matches
AWOL, abdication, avoidance, beat, bolt, break, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, hegira, lam, leave, out, powder, release, retreat, shunning, sidestepping, spring
Example Sentences
The St. Francis High graduate and father of Golden Knights linebacker Luke Danni reflects back every anniversary on how he escaped from the 61st floor of the South Tower.
“Perhaps those people will escape earthly justice, the justice of man, but when it comes to the justice of our Father God, no one escapes,” he said.
She escaped her hometown of Damboa with her daughter and two grandchildren after it came under attack by Boko Haram around four years ago.
The next morning while the man was asleep, Doe escaped to a nearby school, after which she was hospitalized and reported the crime to police.
The factory raid came after authorities received a tip-off from a worker who had managed to escape.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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