means of escape
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeansandescape
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means
noun
uk/miːnz/us/miːnz/
a method or way of ...
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escape
noun
uk/ɪˈskeɪp/us/ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or ...
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(Definition ofmeansandescapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmeans of escape
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He prays for ameansofescape.
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Revivalism was ameansofescapefor some women threatened by the domestic tyranny of men.
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Many commandos nevertheless found ingeniousmeansofescapefrom them, then went to the islands.
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Conveying a vision of a depressed world with nothing but drugs or violence asmeansofescapecan be frustrating.
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Always leave him somemeansofescape.
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One seeks ameansofescape.
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Themeansofescapein case of fire are adequate.
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In some there are no obviousmeansofescape.
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Themeansofescapeorder is specifically about fire regulations.
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That is ameansofescapefrom the difficulty.
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Slugs were also limited in the defence strategies available to them; there were no refugia and hence nomeansofescape.
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There is nomeansofescapefor the people in the dwellings above.
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It is a monopoly where the consumer has no immediatemeansofescape.
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Suchmeansofescapeconsist basically of exits and internal escape routes in the building.
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Mandatory grants are to be made available for securing themeansofescapefrom fire.
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Four out of five houses in multiple occupation lack a satisfactorymeansofescapefrom fire.
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To remove the subsection would be to provide such ameansofescape.
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They do not include corner widening,meansofescapeor specialist furniture.
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Local authorities have been asked to speed up the work of examiningmeansofescape.
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Forms of restriction have been imposed upon the industry without anymeansofescape.
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Security andmeansofescapeand emergency access are important to life safety.
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Drugs become a comfort and ameansofescapefrom reality.
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Themeansofescapeand evacuation, if necessary, are equally important.
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Books, moreover, perform the humble but very necessary function of giving us ameansofescape.
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The local authority could at any rate ascertain whether themeansofescapeare adequate.
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