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Word entry · 7 letters

evasion

Best crossword clue

"Avoiding capture"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈveɪʒən/Part of speech nounSorted aeinosvStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Word origin

From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).

Used in a sentence

  • In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.

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