Escape
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NOUN
the act of escaping physically
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
a means or way of escaping
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler)
VERB
run away from confinement
fail to experience
be incomprehensible to
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
issue or leak, as from a small opening
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