Antonyms for escapes

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ih-skeyp

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈskeɪp

Definition of escapes

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.

noun breaking away; getaway
verb break away from

Example sentences :

She must choose her own road, only I promise that if she escapes and we live I will not forget her deed.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

How he escapes those claws when the lion is alive, is the wonder.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

"The base Christian escapes," said one, who appeared to be the leader.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Juve tracks the criminal to his secret hiding-place, but Fantômas escapes.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

And there, very briefly, you have the story of my sufferings and my escapes.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

Yere he escapes wedlock by a mir'cle; an'––chains an' slavery!
Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis

If you keep him, well, but if he escapes, the loss is to you.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

And his risks had been many, and his escapes narrow and frequent.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

Whichever cur of you will carry this Escapes his fellow's fate.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Synonyms for escapes

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