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She was in error about the date <strong>of</strong> the conference. b<br />

mistakenly, incorrectly, by mistake, erroneously: I caught the<br />

earlier train in error.<br />

erupt v. 1 eject, discharge, expel, emit, burst forth or out, blow<br />

up, explode, spew forth or out, break out, spout, vomit (up or<br />

forth), throw up or <strong>of</strong>f, spit out or up, belch (forth), gush:<br />

<strong>The</strong> volcano erupted ash and lava. 2 appear, come out, break<br />

out: A boil erupted on his chin.<br />

eruption n. 1 outbreak, outburst, discharge, expulsion, emission,<br />

bursting forth, explosion, spouting, vomiting (up or forth),<br />

belching forth: <strong>The</strong> eruption <strong>of</strong> Vesuvius killed thousands in<br />

Pompeii. 2 outbreak, rash: <strong>The</strong> doctor said the eruption would<br />

disappear in a day.<br />

5.15 escape...<br />

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escape v. 1 get away, break out or free, bolt, flee, fly, run away or<br />

<strong>of</strong>f, elope, decamp, abscond, steal or slip <strong>of</strong>f or away, take to<br />

one's heels, take French leave, disappear, vanish, Brit levant,<br />

Colloq take <strong>of</strong>f, clear out, cut and run, duck out, make oneself<br />

scarce, do a disappearing act, Brit do a moonlight flit, US<br />

vamoose, hightail it, skedaddle, US and Canadian skip (town),<br />

fly the coop, cut out; Slang vamoose, Brit do a bunk, bugger<br />

<strong>of</strong>f, mizzle <strong>of</strong>f, US and Canadian scram, blow, lam out, take it<br />

on the lam, take a (run-out) powder, Chiefly Australian shoot<br />

through: <strong>The</strong>y escaped when I wasn't looking. 2 evade, elude,<br />

avoid, dodge: <strong>The</strong>y escaped detection for years by hiding in a<br />

deserted monastery. 3 drain, leak, issue, seep, discharge,<br />

emanate: Steam was escaping through a hole. 4 elude, evade,<br />

baffle, stump, mystify, puzzle, be forgotten by, be beyond<br />

(someone): How the thing started escapes me for the moment.<br />

--n. 5 flight, getaway, departure, decampment, bolt, jailbreak,<br />

prison-break, Colloq break, break-out: <strong>The</strong> escape was planned<br />

for midnight. 6 distraction, relief, diversion, recreation: He<br />

watches westerns as an escape. 7 leakage, leaking, seepage,<br />

seeping, drainage, draining, leak, discharge, outpouring,<br />

outflow, effluence, efflux, effluxion: <strong>An</strong> escape <strong>of</strong> radioactive<br />

waste from the nuclear power station had been reported earlier.

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