escaped
Definition
Adjective 1. Having gotten free, especially from confinement or restraint: Describes a person, animal, or thing that was held captive, imprisoned, or restrained and has managed to get away. 2. Being at large; not yet captured: Describes someone who remains free after escaping.
Usage
The adjective escaped is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'is' or 'was') to describe the status of someone or something that has broken free. * It most commonly modifies nouns like prisoner, convict, hostage, animal, or inmate. * It implies an ongoing state of freedom following the act of escape.
Examples
- The police issued an alert for the escaped prisoner. (Attributive use)
- The zoo reported that a tiger was escaped. (Predicative use)
- Authorities are searching for two escaped convicts.
- The escaped gas caused a major hazard.
Advanced Usage
- "escaped from": While escaped can stand alone, it is often followed by 'from' to specify the place of confinement.
- He was an escaped prisoner from the federal penitentiary.
- Used in news reports, official alerts, and narratives to denote a wanted or dangerous individual who is free.
Variants and Related Words
- Escape (verb): To break free from confinement or control.
- The prisoner planned to escape.
- Escape (noun): The act of escaping or an instance of it.
- It was a narrow escape.
- Escapee (noun): A person who has escaped, especially from prison.
- The escapee was found hiding in a barn.
Synonyms
- At large: Free and not captured, especially referring to a criminal.
- Loose: Freed from confinement or restraint (can apply to things, animals, or people).
- On the loose: Free and moving about, especially while evading capture.
- Fugitive: A person who is fleeing, especially from prosecution or capture.
Antonyms
- Captured
- Imprisoned
- Confined
- Apprehended
- In custody
Adjective
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having escaped, especially from confinement
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a convict still at large
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searching for two escaped prisoners
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dogs loose on the streets
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criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
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