Escaped and Fled

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Escaped adjective - Having escaped, especially from confinement.

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Fled and escaped are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fled" instead the word "Escaped" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: escape, escaping, escapee, escapement

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Escaped and fled are semantically related. You can use "Escaped" instead the word "Fled" as an adjective or a verb.

When Larssen finally catches up the group that escaped and fled west, his wife is remarried to (and pregnant by) Sam Yeager, a conscripted Army sergeant.

Source: The Plot Reaper
Parodied in The Dictator, where one of the places Aladeen goes after being deposed is New York's "Little Wadiya" neighborhood, whose population seems to be entirely made up of people Aladeen had ordered executed, but escaped and fled the country.

Source: Friendly Local Chinatown
The Jao escaped from their tyranny and fled to form a glorious empire that stretched out among the stars.

Source: Literature / The Course of Empire

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