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Synonyms & Antonyms of escaped
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in loose, unleashed
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for escaped
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for escaped
escaped
verb
past tense of escape
Synonyms & Antonyms of escaped (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
- everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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Words Related to escaped
- decamped,
- departed,
- eloped,
- exited,
- left,
- moved,
- pulled out,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- sallied (forth),
- shoved (off),
- took off,
- walked out,
- went
- brought off,
- emancipated,
- enfranchised,
- freed,
- liberated,
- loosed,
- loosened,
- manumitted,
- redeemed,
- released,
- rescued,
- sprang
- (or sprung),
- unbound,
- uncaged,
- unchained,
- unfettered
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2
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
- a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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