Appear and Flee

Appear

Appear verb - To get to a destination.
Usage example: a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

Flee is an antonym for appear.

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Flee

Flee verb - To cease to be visible.
Usage example: the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn

Appear is an antonym for flee.

Nearby Word: fleeing

Common collocations

people appear people flee people
place appear place flee place
scene appear scene flee scene
line appear line flee line
Other words: way, world, fight, times, attacks.

Both words in one sentence

  • Her ground forces then appear to flee in the face of the overwhelming Dragonarmy force.
  • In the Secret Invasion crossover for Runaways and Young Avengers, Xavin commands his fellow Runaways to flee New York when the Skrull forces appear, fearing that they'll all be killed.
  • In such episodes, if the three kangaroos appear at all, they are either neutral (e.g., in "Hang-Gliding with Roobear", they appear in a single scene in which they flee a panic-stricken Roobear's out of control hang glider) or working with Roobear and co.
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