Escape and Stop

Escape

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

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Stop and escape are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Escape".

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Escape and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Escape" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

good	good escape	good stop
instant	instant escape	instant stop
true	true escape	true stop
single	single escape	single stop
Other adjectives: effective, entire, big, great, final, temporary, classic, next, last, giant, red, sudden.

attack	escape attack	stop attack
army	escape army	stop army
death	escape death	stop death
destruction	escape destruction	stop destruction
Other words: time, world, pain, curse, ship, father, war, enemies.

Dressing as the Enemy: After she's captured by the Dorok refugees, Nausicaä trades clothes with a sympathetic Dorok girl in order to escape and stop the Ohmu from rampaging into the Valley.

Source: Manga / Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
This one backfires, as it gives Bruce the motivation to escape and stop Bane.

Source: Watching Troy Burn
Subverted in Batman: Arkham Asylum in that Batman isn't trying to escape from the crazy place (though he is trying to stop the craziness that engulfed it), but is still in one.

Source: Escape from the Crazy Place

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