Hes First Off At Cracking Pace To Avoid Capture Crossword Clue

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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