All 5 Uses of
evade
in
The Hunger Games
- She is not weepy or evasive, instead there's an urgency about her tone that surprises me.
p. 38.2evasive = avoiding recognition of a difficult situation
- I can hear cries of "To the lake! To the lake!" and know they hope to evade the wasps by taking to the water.
p. 190.9evade = get away from
- A plan that isn't motivated by the need for flight and evasion.
p. 207.8evasion = avoidance (the process of avoiding being found)
- And her strategy has been to evade, not attack.
p. 248.3 *evade = physically avoid or get away from
- "That's exactly the kind of topic Haymitch told me to steer clear of," I say evasively,
p. 298.1 *evasively = in an attempt to avoid answering the question
Definitions:
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(1)
(evade as in: evade the enemy) physically avoid or get away from; or: said of something that is hard to obtain
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(2)
(evade as in: evade the question) to avoid or try to avoid either a responsibility or telling the whole truth