escapable
- adjective
- /ɪˈskeɪpəbl/
- In a well-organized life, unnecessary stress is escapable by planning ahead.
- easily escapable
I'll be like someone would have had a girlfriend, would have been here the whole time and would be with me right now and I and I wouldn't be escapable.
- I'll be like someone would have had a girlfriend, would have been here the whole time and would be with me right now and I and I wouldn't be escapable.
Examples
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I am going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.
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The rhetoric of captivity alluded to in the opening of this article indicates that the airlines had to assure passengers that the soundtrack was escapable.
Academic text (2016) -
I'm not so sure it's escapable from this, this Three mile Island.
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A less obvious, but no less escapable, economic principle that is frequently ignored in polling is substitutability.
Academic text (2002) -
I'm going to put him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death. # SCOTT EVIL #
Fiction book (1997) -
The authors found that rats exposed to escapable stress had the makings of behavioral immunization beginning in the prelimbic cortex.
Blog text (13) -
After exposure to escapable or inescapable stress, the authors used electrophysiology to see how the neurons in the prelimbic cortex responded.
Blog text (13) -
This would mean that the rats exposed to escapable stress would end up with more responsive neurons in the prelimbic cortex, which might help them adapt to further stressors.
Blog text (13) -
Many fears are escapable if you confront them directly.
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With proper time management, procrastination becomes escapable for students.
Synonyms
Something you can prevent by taking action
Something you can avoid
Something you can avoid before it happens
Antonyms
How Escapable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Escapable comes from the verb escape plus the ending -able, which means 'able to'. A long time ago, escape gave the image of slipping out of a cloak or a net, so something escapable is something you can 'slip away from' or avoid.