verbπShareTo get free; to free oneself."The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe."actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from."He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail."actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment."Luckily, I escaped with only a fine."actionlawpoliceeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by."The name of the hotel escapes me at present."mindactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character."Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal."computingtechnicalinternettechnologylanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys."The student accidentally typed the wrong command and quickly escaped to prevent further errors. "computingtechnologyelectronicsmachineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareHaving escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement."People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner."policelawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
