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cape
keÉĒp
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/ÉĒˈskeÉĒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "escape"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to get away from captivity
Intransitive: to escape | to escape from a place or position of captivity
to escape definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prisoners are escaping through a tunnel they've been digging.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to get out of or avoid an unpleasant situation
Transitive: to escape an unpleasant situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John skillfully used his phone call as an excuse to escape an awkward conversation at the party.
āϜāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϜ⧁āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻŦāĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to fail to be noticed or recalled; to go unnoticed or be overlooked
Transitive: to escape sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the thorough review process, a critical error in the financial report managed to escape the auditor.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāϟāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a gas, liquid, light, or heat) to come out or leak from a place where it was contained
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heat escaped from the open window during the summer.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞāĻ­, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ

a safety device, such as a valve, in a container where pressure can accumulate, which opens automatically to release pressure when it reaches a dangerous level
escape definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers regularly inspected the escape valves to ensure they were functioning properly.
āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āĻĒ āĻ­āĻžāϞāĻ­ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹, āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ

the release or discharge of a fluid, such as gas or liquid, from a container, often unintentionally
escape definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The escape of coolant from the reactor required an immediate shutdown for repairs.
āϰāĻŋāĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻļāĻžāϟāĻĄāĻžāωāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

the action of getting away from a place, danger, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her quick thinking during the fire ensured their escape from the burning building.
āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ

the act of avoiding or withdrawing from unpleasant realities by engaging in enjoyable activities or indulging in imaginative scenarios
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He found his escape in video games, where he could forget about his worries.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϗ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āϰ⧇āĻšāĻžāχ

the act of avoiding or evading an unpleasant task or obligation through deceit or trickery
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used a clever escape to get out of doing her chores for the day.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāϤ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a way of getting out of a difficult, dangerous, or unwanted situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She saw no escape from the financial trouble she was in.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ

a method, route, or opportunity for getting away from a place or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They discovered a hidden passage that served as their escape from the enemy.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻĒāĻĨ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϤāĻ•, āĻŦ⧁āύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

a plant that was once grown in gardens or farms but is now growing on its own in the wild
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Lavender, once cultivated, has become an escape in the nearby fields.
āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹, āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ

issue or leak, as from a small opening
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āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a maneuver used by a wrestler to break free from their opponent's hold or pinning attempt
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His opponent 's grip was tight, but he found a way to execute an escape.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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