Hyphenation of escapes

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word escapes? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of escapes:

1.	The act of escaping physically He made his escape from the mental hospital The canary escaped from its cage His flight was an indication of his guilt
2.	An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life His alcohol problem was a form of escapism
3.	Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do His evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
4.	An avoidance of danger or difficulty That was a narrow escape
5.	A means or way of escaping Hard work was his escape from worry They installed a second hatch as an escape Their escape route
6.	A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
7.	The discharge of a fluid from some container They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe He had to clean up the leak
8.	A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler) It opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
9.	Run away from confinement The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
10.	Fail to experience Fortunately
11.	I missed the hurricane
12.	Escape potentially unpleasant consequences Get away with a forbidden action She gets away with murder! I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
13.	Be incomprehensible to Escape understanding by What you are seeing in him eludes me
14.	Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion We escaped to our summer house for a few days The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer
15.	Flee Take to one's heels Cut and run If you see this man
16.	Run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up
17.	Issue or leak, as from a small opening Gas escaped into the bedroom

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