Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
Escape
Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.
How words are described
| close | close encounter | close escape |
| special | special encounter | special escape |
| particular | particular encounter | particular escape |
| original | original encounter | original escape |
| Other adjectives: initial, single, simple, actual, entire, real, violent, personal, new, possible, next, subsequent, last. | ||
Common collocations
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