Unscramble escaped

Definition of escaped

adjective:

• having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large", "searching for two escaped prisoners", "dogs loose on the streets", "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood". Synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose.

verb:

• run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison". Synonyms: break loose, escape, get away.
• fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane". Synonyms: escape, miss.
• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!", "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities". Synonyms: escape, get away, get by, get off, get out.
• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me". Synonyms: elude, escape.
• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days", "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer". Synonyms: escape, get away.
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!", "The burglars escaped before the police showed up". Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail.
• issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom". Synonyms: escape.

Related words

bilk, break, defy, elude, escape, evade, flee, fly, refuse, resist, shake, skedaddle, slip.

Words nearby

escape, escapee.

Rhymes with

draped, raped, shaped, taped.