Flight
Flight noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.
Usage example: a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
Peril
Peril noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The mere flight can constitute a story in itself, filled with danger — it may have to on foot though there are, in theory, trains, cars, or planes for transport, and even the weather can be a peril — but arriving is no guarantee that the story will end.
Source: War Refugees
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