Escape and Remain

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Escape

Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

Usage example: everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time

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Synonyms for Escape

Antonyms for Escape

Remain is an antonym for escape in break away from topic.

Nearby Words: escaped, escaping, escapee, escapism, escapement

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

Usage example: one of the three bridges known as “the London Bridge,” it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today

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Synonyms for Remain

Antonyms for Remain

Escape is an antonym for remain.

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

Common collocations

thanks	escape thanks	remain thanks
death	escape death	remain death
time	escape time	remain time
way	escape way	remain way
Other words: world, law, country, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

Garry and Ib go insane in the doll room, which means they're unable to escape and remain trapped forever.

Source: Video Game / Ib
If you need a British one look no further than Ronnie Biggs, accomplice in the Great Train Robbery, who managed to escape and remain a free man for decades.

Source: Small Reference Pools / Real Life
Thus, in order to become a Praetorian a drone has to be tough enough to fight off other aliens en masse, and intelligent enough to escape and remain secluded until the transformation is complete.

Source: Franchise / Alien vs. Predator

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