Synonyms for escaped


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-skeyp
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈskeɪp


Définition of escaped

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old North French escaper, Old French eschaper (12c., Modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappare, literally "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Late Latin cappa "mantle" (see cap (n.)). Related: Escaped; escaping.
  • adj out
Example sentences :
  • How I closed the argument—the conversation and the interview—and escaped from her, I know not.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The inside of the church was then burnt, and hardly one escaped.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • A society that had escaped from fear would escape from their control.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • This father would not even look at the son that had but just escaped the jaws of death!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The Causses, owing to their isolated position, may be said to have escaped a history.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • A few, who escaped from the river, were pursued and cut down by the Syracusan horse.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • He made for the door, and escaped unnoticed in the excitement of the moment.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • But when he heard that Bouquet had escaped from prison, he really felt relieved.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • He might have escaped this materialism through the church, but to him it offered no inducements.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • How fortunate that he had escaped by this simple trick of leaving the house.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

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