Break
Break noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.
Usage example: a desperate break from that hellhole
Escape is a synonym for break in flee topic. In some cases you can use "Escape" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like free, run away.
Escape
How words are described
| good | good break | good escape |
| clean | clean break | clean escape |
| mass | mass break | mass escape |
| initial | initial break | initial escape |
| Other adjectives: true, single, actual, entire, real, big, quick, famous, ultimate, new, dramatic, possible, final, apparent, temporary, next, last, lucky, red, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Which she uses to make a picture made from food permanent, instead of using it to escape and break her friends out.
- Gadd had given away the portrait that King Boo was trapped in after the first game at a garage sale, indirectly helping him escape and break the titular Dark Moon, causing the events of the game.
- According to notes left by previous victims, if the travelers can't escape or break the curse by morning, the town will vanish, leaving them trapped for thirteen years and most likely killed by the ghosts long before the town reappears.
Source: Vanishing Village
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