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Fled

/ˈflɛd/

To run away; to escape.

📖 Definitions of "Fled"

verb
  1. 1

    To run away; to escape.

    "The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards."

  2. 2

    To escape from.

    "Many people fled the country as war loomed."

  3. 3

    To disappear quickly; to vanish.

    "Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air."

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abandonedNo longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
abscondedverb(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
boltedfirmly fastened or secured against opening
defectedverb(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
departednounHaving gone away.
deserted(of a place) Abandoned, without people.
displacedverbTo move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
elopedverb(intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.
emigratedverb(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
escapeverb(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
escapedHaving escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.
evadedverb(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
exileda 2006 Hong Kong action drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Josie Ho, Roy Cheung and Lam Suet, with special appearances by Richie Jen and Simon Yam.
flewnoun(chiefly plural) The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.
fugitiveverb(transitive) To render someone a fugitive; to drive into escape or exile.
goneAway, having left.
leakedOf a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.
leakingnounThe act by which something leaks.
leftnounDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
marchedverb(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.

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