SCAPED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

scaped

verb

past tense of scape

as in avoided

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high

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Alabama avoided its first three-game losing streak since 2007 by beating Texas A&M and returned to the top 10.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Nuggets fans have hoped Denver would have avoided an 0-2 start to the season after dropping the first game of the year to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoided

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During this time, the streamer consistently ended up with best picture nominations, but top awards have notoriously evaded Netflix films.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
But the Hurricanes passer evaded FSU defenders on a key play early in the second quarter, escaping two would-be tacklers and throwing downfield to a wide-open Daylyn Upshaw for a 44-yard gain.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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