Avoid and Outrun

Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Outrun and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outrun" instead a verb "Avoid".

Outrun verb - To go beyond the limit of.

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Avoid and outrun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Outrun".

fire	avoid fire	outrun fire
attack	avoid attack	outrun attack
death	avoid death	outrun death
danger	avoid danger	outrun danger
Other words: police, shots, enemies.

There were many home movies of people ducking into buildings to avoid the advancing dust cloud, thinking they had outrun an explosion.

Source: Outrun the Fireball
In addition to them, Buster also has to outrun boulders and avoid falling stalactites.

Source: Underground Level
Team Guy can't outrun the explosion and Team 7 is too close to avoid it.

Source: Outrun the Fireball

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Outrun and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/outrun

Avoid & Outrun. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/outrun>.

Outrun or Avoid. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/outrun.

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