flee

v.逃脱,逃跑

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
flee (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to run away often from danger or evil - fly
b) to hurry toward a place of security
2.
transitive verb
to pass away swiftly - vanish to run away from - shun
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
flee (verb)
1.
to cease to be visible
SYNONYMS:
dematerialize, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, fly, go (away), melt, sink, vanish
RELATED WORDS:
blank (out), clear, die (away down out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up; blur, dim
NEAR ANTONYMS:
arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up
appear, materialize
flee (verb)
2.
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
SYNONYMS:
abscond, break out (of), clear out, flee, fly, get out, lam, run away, run off
RELATED WORDS:
avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun; decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out; disentangle, extricate; bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry; come back, return
flee (verb)
3.
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
SYNONYMS:
bolt, break, bug out, flee, fly, hightail (it), retreat, run away, run off, skedaddle
RELATED WORDS:
abscond, clear out, decamp, elope, escape, get (away), get out, lam, light out, make off, mizzle [], scarper [], scat, scram, skip (out), skirr
NEAR ANTONYMS:
beard, brave, confront, dare, defy, face; abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry
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