flee

 
Pronunciation: /fliː/

verb (flees, fleeing; past and past participle fled /flɛd/)

[no object]
  • run away from a place or situation of danger: to escape the fighting, his family fled from their village
  • [with object] run away from (someone or something): he was forced to flee the country

Origin:

Old English flēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieden and German fliehen