flee

♦ flee /fl'iː/ (flees fleeing fled)
[VERB] no passive, V, V prep/adv, V n, V n
If you flee from something or someone, or flee a person or thing, you escape from them. (WRITTEN)
He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled...
He fled to Costa Rica to avoid military service.
...refugees fleeing persecution or torture...
Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats.