escape fire
A fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire.
escape
UK /ɪˈskeɪp/ US /ɪˈskeɪp/
verb 5noun 5
Definitions
verb
1
To get free; to free oneself.
The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.
2
To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
The children climbed out of the window to escape the fire.
3
To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.
4
To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
The name of the hotel escapes me at present.
The detective examined the crime scene, but one clue escaped his notice.
5
To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
When using the "bash" shell, you can escape the ampersand character with a backslash.
Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.
noun
1
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
2
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
3
Something that has escaped; an escapee.
But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa?
4
A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
5
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