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How to pronounce escaped in English?

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Synonyms at large, loose, on the loose


searching for two escaped prisoners.

Examples of escaped

escaped
WestridgeA freshly baked gingerbread man escaped from the kindergarten students.
From the desmoinesregister.com
She and a male accomplice escaped in a stolen Honda, heading west toward Tacoma.
From the thenewstribune.com
Two of the rescued dogs were turned over to a local shelter and one dog escaped.
From the thenewstribune.com
He said testimony from five victims matched that of the bus driver, who escaped.
From the edition.cnn.com
In fact, with a little luck, Rosell and Moore could have escaped with a shutout.
From the news-journalonline.com
Sendak feels old, but happy, relieved to have escaped youth and all its worries.
From the suntimes.com
Eventually Nadal's backhand finds the net, and Murray has escaped out of a hole.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Reports differ, with some sources telling Sky News Senussi has escaped to Niger.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Brumbies escaped from their match against the Stormers relatively unscathed.
From the canberratimes.com.au
More examples
  • Run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
  • The act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
  • An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
  • Miss: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
  • Evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
  • Get off: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
  • "Escape!" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published as "Paradoxical Escape" (a publisher's change in the title) in the August 1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted as "Escape! ...
  • Escape is a 1930 British crime film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best, Gordon Harker and Austin Trevor. A man escape from Dartmoor Prison and is hunted across the moors by policemen to whom it is an unpleasant reminder of their experiences during the First World War.
  • Escape is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer, Conrad Veidt and Alla Nazimova. ...