1 a : to get away (as by flight) escaped from prison b : to issue from confinement gas is escaping

Two prisoners have escaped. escape from A lion has escaped from its cage. She was kidnapped but escaped her captors.

escaped adjective Fleeing or having fled, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice:

[transitive, no passive] escape somebody/something to be forgotten or not noticed Her name escapes me (= I can't remember it). It might have escaped your notice, but I'm very busy at the …

Definitions of escaped adjective having escaped, especially from confinement “searching for two escaped prisoners” synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose free able to act at will; not …

If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.

verb (used with object) escaped, escaping to slip away from or elude (pursuers, captors, etc.). He escaped the police. Synonyms: avoid, flee, dodge to succeed in avoiding (any threatened or …