To issue from confinement gas is escaping In may, 10 inmates escaped from a jail in new orleans, highlighting the facility’s chronic problems Escape from a lion has escaped from its cage
Texas inmate escape: 2 inmates briefly escaped when prisoner transport bus broke down on Highway
She was kidnapped but escaped her captors.
[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 moment. Escaped adjective fleeing or having fled, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice: Fled, flew, left, absconded, avoided, moved, lost, evaded Remained, stayed, lingered, dwelt, dwelled, hung around, returned, tarried
Meaning of escaped in english escaped adjective [ before noun ] us / ɪˈskeɪpt / uk