Definition of escape

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Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..

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Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Inevitably :: Inevitably (adv.) Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
Chance :: Chance (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..
So :: So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape..
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation..
Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..
Like :: Like (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a..
Scapement :: Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3..
Escape :: Escape (n.) A sally.
Pour :: Pour (v. t.) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
Elusion :: Elusion (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery..
Gastight :: Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Outdream :: Outdream (v. t.) To pass, or escape, while dreaming..
Air Cock :: Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Fucoid :: Fucoid (a.) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideae) which are blackish in color, and produce oospores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
Femerell :: Femerell (n.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke..
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