English-Swedish translations for flee

• fly
  Ingenting annat kommer att stoppa folk från att fly landet.Nothing else will stop people from fleeing the country.
  100 000 människor har tvingats fly våldet sedan i maj.100 000 people have had to flee the violence since May.
  Två och en halv miljoner människor har tvingats fly från sina hem.Two and a half million people have had to flee their homes.

Definition of flee

• To run away; to escape
• To escape from
• To disappear quickly; to vanish

Examples

• The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards
• Many people fled the country as war loomed
• Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought
• Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air

Related words

• fleet
• fleeting
• fleece
• fleeing
• airfleet
• fleer
• fleetingly
• fleecy
• fleetfooted