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flee
1. v. (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
2. v. To escape from.
Many people fled the country as war loomed.
Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
3. v. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

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When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.  Women chase crazy men; they flee from the wise ones as if they were poisonous beasts.  Never flee from injustice, intolerance, or insanity. Reason must prevail.

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