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  • 1escape — vb 1 Escape, flee, fly, decamp, abscond mean to run away especially from something which limits one s freedom or threatens one s well being. Escape so stresses the idea of flight from confinement or restraint that it very often conveys no… …

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  • 2Escape the Fate (album) — Escape the Fate Studio album by Escape the Fate Released November 2, 2010 …

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  • 4Blow — Blow, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G. bl[ a]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. ekflai nein to spout out,… …

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  • 5blow-out — also blow|out especially AmE [ˈbləuaut US ˈblou ] n 1.) a sudden bursting of a tyre →↑puncture ▪ I had a blow out on the driver s side. 2.) [usually singular] informal a big expensive meal or large social occasion ▪ …

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  • 6blow|back — «BLOH BAK», noun. 1. a backward draft or air current. 2. escape of gases formed during the firing of a weapon to the rear and under pressure. 3. the recoil of a bolt in a firearm. 4. a secondary effect or unintended consequence: »The company was… …

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  • 7blow|hole — «BLOH HOHL», noun. 1. a hole for breathing, in the top of the head of whales, porpoises, and dolphins. 2. a hole in the ice to which whales, seals, and walruses come to breathe. 3. a hole through which air or gas escapes or can escape. 4. a… …

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  • 8blow|out — «BLOH OWT», noun. 1. the bursting of an automobile tire, and of the inner tube, if any. 2. a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or other gas or liquid under pressure. 3. the melting of an electric fuse by a sudden overload in a circuit or… …

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  • 9blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …

  • 10blow — 1. v. & n. v. (past blew; past part. blown) 1 a intr. (of the wind or air, or impersonally) move along; act as an air current (it was blowing hard). b intr. be driven by an air current (waste paper blew along the gutter). c tr. drive with an air… …

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