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escaped

escaped

1.5
Free after getting out of a place where you were kept, for example a prison
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈskeɪpt/
translation icon : escapado
  • After months of planning, the group finally executed their plan and escaped from the locked room.

This is what education does for this escaped or liberated prisoner.

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Examples

  • This is what education does for this escaped or liberated prisoner.

  • I am Jewish, having escaped Lebanon as a Jew.

  • OK, so as a, as a person who's escaped the system, Yeah.

  • The dog was so excited to see its owner that it ran away from the yard, looking like it had escaped from captivity.

  • She felt a sense of relief after hearing about the prisoners who had escaped from the oppressive regime.

Synonyms

loose
vsescaped
129 1.9

Free and not controlled by anyone

is specific to having become free from confinement not general unheld state
at large
vsescaped
66 6.2

Free and not caught after escaping, often said about criminals or dangerous animals

does not specifically imply crime or that authorities are still searching
on the loose
vsescaped
63 4.5

Free after escaping confinement and possibly dangerous, hard to find

does not carry the sense of danger or being hard to find
unshackled
vsescaped
2 5.7

Free from chains or things that hold someone back

refers more generally to becoming free from confinement rather than freedom from specific chains
untrapped
vsescaped
4.8

Free from something that holds you so you can move or act

implies a prior captivity or recovery from confinement rather than never being caught

Antonyms

54 4.2

Kept as a prisoner and not free

How Free

free
1.0
at large
66 6.2
escaped
1.5
release
279 1.8
detention
155 3.9

Surface Forms

escaped positive

Morphology

escaped = escape (transparent) = escape + ed

The adjective 'escaped' is transparently derived from the verb 'escape' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Escaped comes from an old Latin word made of ex- 'out' and cappa 'cape' or 'hood', like the English word cape. The image is of someone slipping out of a cloak to run away, so escaped means having gotten free from where you were kept.