1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn
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as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
a murderer who fled on foot
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as in to retreat
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room
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Recent Examples of flee
Forecasters warned that fierce winds could return to the Los Angeles area Tuesday, threatening the progress made to combat the deadly wildfires that have destroyed neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The shot didn’t take Maxwell out of the fight, though, and Powell started spraying bullets at people fleeing into the backyard, wounding three men, federal prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Seven wildfires continue to burn in the LA area, causing electrical and cellular outages and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
The suspect fled the scene without taking any items.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The shot didn’t take Maxwell out of the fight, though, and Powell started spraying bullets at people fleeing into the backyard, wounding three men, federal prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Seven wildfires continue to burn in the LA area, causing electrical and cellular outages and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
The suspect fled the scene without taking any items.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flee
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Add a layer of snow and the lawn may disappear for months at a time.Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
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Her neighbors felt it too, a few of them carrying backpacks through the rubble, pointing out where a couch once was and contemplating how a refrigerator could disappear.Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Creating Designated Quiet Zones Allocating specific areas as quiet zones helps employees escape overstimulation and focus on their tasks in peace.Shaun Arora, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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After initially escaping, Patil was arrested on Thursday, TOI reported.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Another set of images capture the charred aftermath of houses that burned along the Pacific Coast Highway, and the remains of Malibu homes where the Palisades fire had retreated.Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The federal police eventually retreated without arresting the impeached president.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
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While the recent seven-game stretch has been an improvement, the flaws on this team haven’t vanished.Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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News network helicopters, on standby at nearby Van Nuys airport, are not permitted to fly near the area.Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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Mash, a Russian Telegram channel thought to have links to Russian law enforcement, published footage purportedly showing a drone flying toward Engels overnight, which could not be independently verified.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sunlight had begun to fade, casting a shadow on the space.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Saturn, nearby, will become visible to the naked eye as dusk fades to darkness and remain observable for around three-and-a-half hours past sunset, at which point the pair will sink below the horizon and out of view.Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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One team has transformed its offense and bolted to the top of the standings.Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The record − contained safely within its protective aluminum case − is bolted to the side of Voyager's bus housing that contains its electronics and instruments.Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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After three ships ran aground on the reef in just 18 days, provoking national outcry, Congress created the nation’s largest marine sanctuary in 1990 — a 2,800-square-mile swath from Dry Tortugas to Key Biscayne christened the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Despite the dual challenges of running a rapidly scaling company and managing her health, Rissetto remains focused on her North Star: ensuring that everyone, regardless of health literacy, financial status, education, or ethnicity, has access to a healthier life.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Flee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flee. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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