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escaped

/ɪˈskeɪpt/ adjective B1
  1. Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement. · People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.
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“It’s all very well your saying that a man escaped by wading this moat, but what I ask you is, how did he ever get into the house at all if the bridge was up?”
The Valley of Fear, p. 29 · C1
A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 13 · B2
A despairing cry escaped the pale lips of Mercédès; the old man sank into a chair.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 35 · C1
He seized him boldly by the ear, but could not retain his hold because of the decay of his teeth, so that the boar escaped.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 41 · B2

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