Word Finder - escaped

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To get free; to free oneself.

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The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.

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To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

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He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.

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To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

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Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.

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To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

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The name of the hotel escapes me at present.

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To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.

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Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.

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To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.

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Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.

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People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.

She escaped before he could respond.

They must've escaped before the immortal world collapsed.

She wiped an escaped tear from her cheek.

A strangled sob escaped her lungs.

The breath escaped her lungs in a quick sigh of relief.

She'd escaped them at last!

He wiped the first tear that escaped away.

When he finally broke away, the words escaped her mouth.

Tears escaped one eye and trailed down his face.

Austrian troops that had escaped capture at Ulm and had joined Kutuzov at Braunau now separated from the Russian army, and Kutuzov was left with only his own weak and exhausted forces.

He faced the jungle.  The trees were battling demons, but one then a few then a dozen of the creatures escaped the jungle's grip to pursue.

A tear escaped her eye and his troubled gaze followed it down her cheek.

I just hope they escaped.

Her breath escaped in an unexpected sigh.

They'd escaped Qatwal on a night such as this.

The first time, in the forest after they escaped Victor, when they decided they could never return to their families.

He doubted she'd ever been in a situation where she'd barely escaped being raped, and he knew she'd never shot anyone or seen anyone's head get blown off in front of her.

Finally, he donned his jacket and escaped up the street to a luncheonette where he ordered pie and ice cream.

Donning a heavy coat, she escaped through the patio doors and hurried out to the barn.

She got up without finishing her meal and escaped into the room where Talia was.

But I escaped from her and am now the Ruler of my people.

For the most part I escaped wonderfully from these dangers, either by proceeding at once boldly and without deliberation to the goal, as is recommended to those who run the gauntlet, or by keeping my thoughts on high things, like Orpheus, who, "loudly singing the praises of the gods to his lyre, drowned the voices of the Sirens, and kept out of danger."

Some had escaped, though not with the treasure they sought to protect.

The mob, egged on by the republicans, attacked the palace where the king was lodged, and he escaped with difficulty, returning to Piedmont with the remnants of his army.

The result of this harsh law was that numerous applications were made to Rome for secret absolution; and thus much money escaped the Inquisition in Spain.

In June Mary and Bothwell fled from Holyrood to Borthwick Castle, whence Bothwell, on the place being surrounded by Morton and his followers, escaped to Dunbar, Mary subsequently joining him.

Again imprisoned, this time on a charge of witchcraft, he escaped from captivity in 1 59 1, and was deprived by parliament of his lands and titles; as an outlaw his career was one of extraordinary lawlessness.

Though on her first landing Matilda only escaped capture through the misplaced chivalry of her opponent, she soon turned the tables upon him with the help of the Church and the barons of the west.

A charge of heresy was brought against him, but he escaped to France, and established himself as a merchant at Rouen or Dieppe, where he lived un - molested until his death in 1553, although attempts were made by the Scottish community there to bring further charges against him.

He escaped to Wittenberg, where with other of his compatriots he received the teaching of the German reformers.

The British warship "Calliope" (Captain Pearson) was in the harbour, but succeeded in getting up steam and, standing out to sea, escaped destruction.

Palestinian states on the other, and that they could scarcely have escaped the all-pervading Babylonian influences of 2000-1400 B.C. It is now becoming clearer every day, especially since the discovery of the laws of Khammurabi, that, if we are to think sanely about Hebrew history before as well as after the exile, we can only think of Israel as part of the great complex of Semitic and especially Canaanite humanity that lived its life in western Asia between 2060 and 600 B.C.; and that while the Hebrew race maintained by the aid of prophetism its own individual and exalted place, it was not less susceptible then, than it has been since, to the moulding influences of great adjacent civilizations and ideas.

He had stoutly opposed the marriage of Mary with Darnley, and when, after Restalrig, he was captured by the queen's troops, he narrowly escaped execution.

All escaped malaria, which was rife in the immediate neighbourhood.

Of 24 protected persons, all escaped but four, and these had to be out at night or otherwise neglected precautions; of 38 unprotected persons, all contracted malaria except two, who had apparently acquired immunity.

Of 52 protected persons on one line, all escaped except two, who were careless; of 52 protected on another line, all escaped; while of 51 unprotected persons, living in alternate houses, all suffered except seven.

Out of a total of 207 persons protected in these railway experiments, 197 escaped.

In two peasants' cottages in the Campagna, protected with wire netting by Professor Celli, all the inmates-10 in number - escaped, while the neighbours suffered severely; and three out of four persons living in a third hut, from which protection was removed owing to the indifference of the inmates, contracted malaria.

One group was treated with arsenic, and of these 36 escaped altogether, while three had mild attacks; the remaining 39.

Early in 1852 he escaped, and in May reached New York City.

He commanded a troop of horse in Scotland in 1639; was involved in army plots in 1641, for which he was committed to the Tower, but escaped abroad; and on the outbreak of the Civil War returned to England and served with Prince Rupert, being present at Marston Moor, the second battle of Newbury and Naseby.

It is possible that some had escaped by taking timely refuge among their brethren in Judah; indeed, if national tradition availed, there were doubtless times when Judah cast its eye upon the land with which it had been so intimately connected.

Some of the Zealots escaped with John and Simon to the upper city and held it for another month.

Very little of all this, however, has escaped the Turkish conquest and the ravages caused by the incessant insurrections of the last two centuries.

Owing to its distance from the border, the state escaped serious invasion until near the close of the war.

He rode alone on horseback through Mongolia to western Siberia, and narrowly escaped being slaughtered by a mob.

It has entirely escaped Islam, and though it is a nominal vassal of China, direct Chinese influence has not been strong.

Immediately on the announcement of the dauphin's death there arose a rumour that he had escaped.

The citizens of London having suffered from the depredations of thieves and felons who escaped into Southwark, petitioned parliament for protection.

In his absence the open violence and extortion of Agesilaus, combined with the popular disappointment at the failure of the agrarian scheme, brought about the restoration of Leonidas and the deposition of Cleombrotus, who took refuge at the temple of Apollo at Taenarum and escaped death only at the entreaty of his wife, Leonidas's daughter Chilonis.