evaded
Meaning
of Evade
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A few of these had evaded the British for several years but the brutal winter weather eventually forced them to surrender.
Afonso found what had evaded Columbus' grasp — the wealth of the Orient.
Although Allied warships failed to sink U-boats in large numbers, most convoys evaded attack completely.
Bernardo Bertolucci then cast him in a small speechless role as a window upholsterer in the film La Luna which evaded American distribution due to its subject matter.
He appears to have evaded troops on the South side of the border by passing through a drain pipe under barbed wire fences, and authorities found a bag believed to belong to him, the JCS said.
Even the China’s strict film censorship apparatus hasn’t evaded the nationalists’ opprobrium, with many chiding authorities for failing to censor the film more aggressively.