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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 29% | 8 | Barely successful | |
3 | 25% | 7 | Avoidance by subterfuge | |
Barely Successful Avoidance Of Calamity Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ESCAPE" which means:
- noun
- • The act of escaping physically
- • An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
- • Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
- • An avoidance of danger or difficulty
- • A means or way of escaping
- • A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- • The discharge of a fluid from some container
- • A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level verb
- • Run away from confinement
- • Fail to experience
- • Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- • Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- • Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- • Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- • Issue or leak, as from a small opening
An example sentence would be:
- • "The prisoners planned their escape carefully."
- • "The hikers found an escape in the dense forest."
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