escaped

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escaped

A zookeeper searches for an escaped penguin near the habitat gate.

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
escaped

A zookeeper searches for an escaped penguin near the habitat gate.

Adjective
  1. having escaped, especially from confinement
    • a convict still at large
    • searching for two escaped prisoners
    • dogs loose on the streets
    • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood

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