ESCAPED Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

escaped 1 of 2

adjective

as in unconfined

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verb

past tense of escape

as in fled

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time

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as in evaded

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment

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Recent Examples of escaped

Adjective

Indiana State Police said that an escaped prisoner in Northwest Indiana has been captured. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Video released by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows deputies finding 23-year-old Chase Orput lying shirtless on railroad tracks moments before taking the escaped inmate back into custody. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026 His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Feb. 2026 Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union. — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026 An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene. — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026

Verb

In the mechanical maintenance shop, five employees and the foreman escaped, but two were killed from exposure to the chemical, the report said. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Simpson escaped pressure and rolled out to his left before firing a pass to diving receiver Brennan Presley for a touchdown. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80, escaped a space barely big enough for 14 people to turn around. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 At the Sugar Bowl in 2019, Bevo broke away from his handlers and escaped, charging at Uga during the pregame festivities. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 According to OpenAI, its models escaped a sandboxed testing environment, accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability to gain access to Hugging Face’s systems while trying to find information to cheat on an evaluation. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 The family escaped without a scratch, but the losses from the fire were staggering. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 Their study analyzed more than 2 million chat messages and identified examples involving grooming, sexualization of minors, bullying, violence and sensitive information sharing that escaped moderation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The impact excavated pristine materials from below the lunar surface that have escaped weathering from the solar wind, galactic cosmic rays, and micrometeorites. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped

Adjective

However, an unconfined plasma column could instantly destroy solid surfaces upon contact.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.

— Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024

Definition of unconfined

Verb

But Iran has, in many cases, successfully evaded the sanctions by setting up new front companies.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
The first, a corner, saw McBurnie free at the far post to hit a shot Lammens did well to claw out before the ball fell to Semi Ajayi in space in the six-yard box, having evaded Harry Maguire and Noussair Mazraoui.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of evaded

Adjective

Stronger downdraft winds and loose, dry soil can impact how much dust is lifted into the air.

— Brandi D. Addison, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The Markeyverse — a loose network of meme accounts run by young progressives that Markey credited for his last election victory — has diminished.

— Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of loose

Verb

Oswego avoided sending the ball near the speedy Konkey on kickoffs to prevent a repeat of last week’s scoring on a return.

— Jerry Birchfield, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
First, the Chiefs avoided an injury risk to Patrick Mahomes, who is recovering from knee surgery to repair a torn ACL and MCL from last December.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoided

Adjective

Is realism based only on minds untouched by illness or some other distorting factor, or at least not so touched that that mind becomes, as my grandmother’s is, unbound?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Then the coach known as the most impulsive man on an NFL sideline runs that stop sign, grits his teeth and breaks unbound into character.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of unbound

Adjective

The San Francisco Ballet production, which debuted in 2024, retells the myth of Pandora, who opened the box that unleashed humanity’s evil into the world.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026
At their best, the offense ran through Bijan Robinson, who finally was unleashed a bit and put together an elite dual-threat season with over 2,000 scrimmage yards to keep Atlanta competitive week in and week out.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Adjective

Climate catastrophe and biodiversity loss are the consequences of unrestrained taking by humans.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
There is no statewide law banning dogs from riding in a vehicle, but an unrestrained pet that blocks your view or climbs into your lap can lead to a reckless driving citation.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026

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