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flee

/fliː/
verb
  1. To run away; to escape.

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

  2. To escape from.

    "Many people fled the country as war loomed."

  3. To disappear quickly; to vanish.

    "Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air."

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