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escape US English

break free from confinement or control

escape road US English

a slip road, especially on a racing circuit, for a vehicle to turn into if the driver is unable to negotiate a bend or slope safely

fire escape US English

a staircase or other apparatus used for escaping from a building on fire

escape clause US English

a clause in a contract that specifies the conditions under which one party can be freed from an obligation

escape hatch US English

a hatch for use as an emergency exit, especially from a submarine, ship, or aircraft

escape wheel US English

a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock

escape velocity US English

the lowest velocity that a body must have in order to escape the gravitational attraction of a particular planet or other object

escape mechanism US English

a mental process such as daydreaming that enables a person to avoid acknowledging unpleasant or threatening aspects of reality

miraculous US English

highly improbable and extraordinary and bringing very welcome consequences

escape key in escape US English

a key on a computer keyboard that either interrupts the current operation or causes subsequent characters to be interpreted differently

escape English-French

fuite f, évasion f

escape1 English-Spanish

escaparse

escape2 English-Spanish

fuga, huida

escape key English-German

Escapetaste

escape road English-German

Auslaufstrecke

fire escape English-German

Feuertreppe

escape [key] English-Italian

(tasto) escape

fire escape English-Italian

uscita f di sicurezza

escape clause English-French

clause f dérogatoire

escape artist English-German

→ see escapologist

escape hatch English-German

Notausstieg

escape clause English-Italian

clausola f di recesso

escape hatch English-Italian

portello m di sicurezza

escape attempt English-German

Fluchtversuch

escape bid English-German

Fluchtversuch

near escape in near English-German

Entkommen mit knapper Not

press escape in escape2 English-Spanish

pulse la tecla de escape

escape notice in escape English-Italian

passare inosservato

there's no escape in escape2 English-Spanish

no hay escapatoria posible

to escape detection in detection English-French

ne pas être découvert/-e

narrowly escape death in narrowly English-Italian

evitare la morte per un pelo

have a narrow escape in escape English-German

gerade noch einmal davonkommen

have a narrow escape in narrow English-German

mit knapper Not entkommen