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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“Black Zombie” opens with a truth that has long escaped those fascinated by the shambling undead.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
However, it provides an important new clue, suggesting that the radiation that helped lift the universe's ancient fog may have escaped galaxies before powerful stellar explosions began to alter their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Decentralized platforms like Aave eventually shut down loans to those suspicious accounts, but the hackers ultimately escaped with some $2.4 billion in un-freezable crypto assets, according to TRM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
All the men who escaped were undertrials - inmates on trial or awaiting one - and 18 of them were in one cell at the prison in Thekkampatti in Theni.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“That means he must have escaped on foot,” Beowulf deduced.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
