escape
verb (used without object)
to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty.
escaped
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past participleof escape.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof escape.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
escapeverb (used without object)to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty.
Example Sentences
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Lilly Cassirer Neubauer escaped Germany at the dawn of World War II by relinquishing to a Nazi art broker the exquisite impressionist masterpiece “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain,” by Camille Pissarro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The company hasn’t escaped the wider EV downturn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Those who escaped unharmed were taken to a room made available by Cleon's mayor, according to the authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
"She'd been grabbed by one of the fire officers and they'd run into an underground garage so she'd escaped all the major impact."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
When a black fox once escaped them, Billy decided that black foxes were “diabolical” and convinced Washington to stick to hunting only gray ones.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
