Bolt and Flee

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Bolt verb - To hasten away from something dangerous or frightening.

Usage example: the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching

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Flee is a synonym for bolt in run away topic. In some cases you can use "Flee" instead a verb "Bolt", when it comes to topics like run quickly away.

Nearby Words: bolted, bolter, bolting

Flee verb - To hasten away from something dangerous or frightening.

Usage example: a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room

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Bolt is a synonym for flee in run topic. You can use "Bolt" instead a verb "Flee", if it concerns topics such as run away, run away to escape.

Nearby Word: fleeing

room	bolt room	flee room
face	bolt face	flee face

It is not uncommon to encounter a large group of Metal Slimes (and/or its relatives) and have all of them flee before your party can kill even one; in fact, it isn't even that uncommon to encounter a number of them and have every last one of the cowards bolt before the party can even act.

Source: Metal Slime

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