FLED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FLED?

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Associations of "Fled" (30 Words)

apophasis	Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned.
asylum	A shelter from danger or hardship. We provide asylum for those too ill to care for themselves.
avoid	Contrive not to meet (someone. This route avoids downtown Boston.
bypass	An alternative channel created during a bypass operation. You cannot bypass these rules.
circumvent	Deceive; outwit. He s circumvented her with some of his stories.
deflect	(of an object) change direction after hitting something. He attempted to deflect attention away from his private life.
deviant	A deviant person or thing. Deviant ideas.
dodge	An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade. The child dodged the teacher s blow.
elude	(of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone. What you are seeing in him eludes me.
emigration	The act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. Mass emigration from Ireland to the United States.
escape	Escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action. They installed a second hatch as an escape.
escaped	Having escaped especially from confinement. Searching for two escaped prisoners.
eschew	Deliberately avoid using; abstain from. He appealed to the crowd to eschew violence.
evade	Escape paying (tax or duty), especially by illegitimate presentation of one’s finances. She was sentenced on three counts of conspiracy to evade taxes.
exodus	The departure of the Israelites from Egypt. The annual exodus of sun seeking Canadians to Florida.
haven	A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary. A haven for wildlife.
horrified	Stricken with horror. The horrified spectators.
influx	An inflow of water into a river, lake, or the sea. The lakes are fed by influxes of meltwater.
migrant	A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions. Appalled by the social conditions of migrant life.
ostracize	(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote. Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s when he was ostracized.
parry	An act of parrying something. Her question met with a polite parry.
persecution	Persistent annoyance or harassment. His persecution at the hands of other students.
refugee	A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. A refugee camp.
run	An enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds may run freely in the open. A small river runs into the sea at one side of the castle.
sanctuary	The part of the chancel of a church containing the high altar. She thought of her room as a sanctuary.
shambles	A building where animals are butchered. The shambles where the animals were slaughtered.
shun	Expel from a community or group. He shunned fashionable society.
sidestep	A step taken sideways, typically to avoid someone or something. He neatly sidestepped the questions about riots.
undiagnosed	Not diagnosed or having been subject to diagnosis. Undiagnosed disease.
veer	Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. The wind veered a point.