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Escape , 227. Escape
Abiathar only son of Ahimelech to avoid Saul’s slaughter. [O.T.: I Samuel 22:20]
Ariadne Minos’s daughter; gave Theseus thread by which t… Escape Velocity , escape velocity The velocity required for atoms or molecules at high altitude to escape from a planet's gravitational field. For example:
Planet
Esca… fire escape , fire es·cape • n. a staircase or other apparatus used for escaping from a building on fire. Deadlock , deadlock •matchlock • padlock • armlock •Belloc •deadlock, headlock, wedlock •hemlock • fetlock • airlock •breeze block • gridlock • ziplock •flintlo… effusion , effusion •abrasion, Australasian, equation, Eurasian, evasion, invasion, occasion, persuasion, pervasion, suasion, Vespasian •adhesion, cohesion, Fri… Harry Houdini , Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)
Before there was a Doug Henning, a David Copperfield, or a Siegfried and Roy, Harry Houdini was the celebrity magician wit…
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