escaped

(verb) run away from confinement. Synonyms: escape, get away, break loose. Example: "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison."

(verb) fail to experience. Synonyms: miss, escape. Example: "Fortunately, i missed the hurricane."

(verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. Synonyms: get off, get away, get by, get out, escape. Examples: "She gets away with murder!." "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities."

(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. Synonyms: elude, escape. Example: "What you are seeing in him eludes me."

(verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. Synonyms: escape, get away. Examples: "We escaped to our summer house for a few days." "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer."

(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. Synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away. Examples: "If you see this man, run!." "The burglars escaped before the police showed up."

(verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening. Synonyms: escape. Example: "Gas escaped into the bedroom."

(adj) having escaped, especially from confinement. Synonyms: at large(predicate), loose, on the loose(predicate). Examples: "A convict still at large." "Searching for two escaped prisoners." "Dogs loose on the streets." "Criminals on the loose in the neighborhood."