Synonyms

fled

American

[fled] / flɛd /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of flee.

fled British

/ flɛd /

verb

the past tense and past participle of flee 1

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Example Sentences

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On Saturday, AFP spoke to Khost residents who had fled their homes near the frontier.

From Barron's

“People are really scared,” said a retired oil executive who packed his bags and fled for his villa on the Caspian Sea after watching missiles flying over Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal

Andrea Siposova, who fled to the same car park, told AFP she had prepared for the shelter in case war broke out.

From Barron's

A family dispute has also caught attention: his sister Badri fell out with her family in the 1980s and fled to Iraq in the war to join her husband, a dissident cleric.

From Barron's

But she subsequently fled again and has been missing for months.

From The Wall Street Journal

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