Flee

verb

/fliː/

Word Frequency: 3.8

Definitions

1.verbTo run away; to escape.

"The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards."

2.verbTo escape from.

"Many people fled the country as war loomed."

3.verbTo disappear quickly; to vanish.

"Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air."

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