escape
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Sense: Verb: make an escape
Synonyms:
flee Collocations, fly Collocations, run away, run off, get away, get out, slip away, break away, make an escape, make a getaway, jump Collocations, break loose, run out, bolt Collocations, skip Collocations , leave Collocations, scram , abscond, disappear Collocations, vanish Collocations, get clear of, take flight, make off, take off, depart Collocations, make yourself scarce, fly the coop , make a run for it , go AWOL , bugger off , leg it
Sense: Verb: avoid - sometimes followed by 'from'
Synonyms:
avoid Collocations, dodge Collocations, evade, elude, get out of, get away with, get clear of, wriggle out, worm out of , find a loophole, throw off, duck out , give sb the slip , save your bacon , shake off
Antonyms:
arrest Collocations, detain, capture Collocations, imprison, put into custody, confine Collocations, intern Collocations, incarcerate, enter Collocations, arrive Collocations, come Collocations, embrace Collocations, accept Collocations, pursue Collocations, welcome Collocations, seek Collocations
Sense: Verb: leak
Synonyms:
leak Collocations, leak out, pour out, flow out, seep out, gush out, gush forth, burst out, emerge Collocations
Sense: Noun: act of escaping
Synonyms:
breakout, getaway Collocations, jailbreak, running away, rescue Collocations, release Collocations, extrication, disappearance, evasion, flight Collocations, retreat Collocations, slip Collocations, break Collocations, leave Collocations, departure Collocations, withdrawal Collocations, desertion, decampment, liberation, deliverance
Antonyms:
arrest Collocations, detainment, capture Collocations, imprisonment, custody Collocations, confinement, captivity, internment, incarceration, entrance Collocations, arrival Collocations, coming Collocations
Sense: Noun: place of escape
Synonyms:
exit Collocations, outlet Collocations, way out, loophole Collocations, hatch Collocations, draft Collocations, vent Collocations, overflow Collocations, outflow, leak Collocations, fire escape, waste pipe, sewer Collocations, porthole, alleyway, floodgate, exhaust Collocations, escape valve
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Sense: Noun: mental release
Synonyms:
distraction Collocations, diversion Collocations, avoidance Collocations, denial Collocations, entertainment Collocations
Antonyms:
submission Collocations, toleration, endurance Collocations, resignation Collocations, acceptance Collocations