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She was in error about the date of the conference. b
mistakenly, incorrectly, by mistake, erroneously: I caught the
earlier train in error.
erupt v. 1 eject, discharge, expel, emit, burst forth or out, blow
up, explode, spew forth or out, break out, spout, vomit (up or
forth), throw up or off, spit out or up, belch (forth), gush:
The volcano erupted ash and lava. 2 appear, come out, break
out: A boil erupted on his chin.
eruption n. 1 outbreak, outburst, discharge, expulsion, emission,
bursting forth, explosion, spouting, vomiting (up or forth),
belching forth: The eruption of Vesuvius killed thousands in
Pompeii. 2 outbreak, rash: The doctor said the eruption would
disappear in a day.
5.15 escape...
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escape v. 1 get away, break out or free, bolt, flee, fly, run away or
off, elope, decamp, abscond, steal or slip off or away, take to
one's heels, take French leave, disappear, vanish, Brit levant,
Colloq take off, clear out, cut and run, duck out, make oneself
scarce, do a disappearing act, Brit do a moonlight flit, US
vamoose, hightail it, skedaddle, US and Canadian skip (town),
fly the coop, cut out; Slang vamoose, Brit do a bunk, bugger
off, mizzle off, US and Canadian scram, blow, lam out, take it
on the lam, take a (run-out) powder, Chiefly Australian shoot
through: They escaped when I wasn't looking. 2 evade, elude,
avoid, dodge: They escaped detection for years by hiding in a
deserted monastery. 3 drain, leak, issue, seep, discharge,
emanate: Steam was escaping through a hole. 4 elude, evade,
baffle, stump, mystify, puzzle, be forgotten by, be beyond
(someone): How the thing started escapes me for the moment.
--n. 5 flight, getaway, departure, decampment, bolt, jailbreak,
prison-break, Colloq break, break-out: The escape was planned
for midnight. 6 distraction, relief, diversion, recreation: He
watches westerns as an escape. 7 leakage, leaking, seepage,
seeping, drainage, draining, leak, discharge, outpouring,
outflow, effluence, efflux, effluxion: An escape of radioactive
waste from the nuclear power station had been reported earlier.