escaped

es-caped · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "escape"; broke free from confinement.

  2. 2.

    Having escaped; no longer confined.

  3. 3.

    Successfully avoided or eluded something.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    escaped prisoner/convict — a prisoner who has broken out of jail
  • •
    escaped unharmed — got away without injury

Related words

Antonyms: captured, caught, confined
See also: escape, fled, free
Synonyms: broke free, evaded, fled

Etymology

Past form of escape, from Old North French eschaper.