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Princeton's WordNet

  1. escape hatchnoun

    hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency

Wiktionary

  1. escape hatchnoun

    An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.

ChatGPT

  1. escape hatch

    An escape hatch is a safe or alternative exit point or mean of escape, designed to be used in emergencies when other regular exits may be blocked or unfeasible to use. This term may be used in regard to physical structures likes ships, submarines, or spacecrafts, or metaphorically in various situations or fields such as business, technology, or politics.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of escape hatch in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of escape hatch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of escape hatch in a Sentence

  1. Jill Tarter:

    There really is no Planet B for us, unless we figure out a way to solve all of the global issues that we face here and mitigate those challenges, wherever we go we'll create the same problems that we've done here on this planet. There's no escape hatch.

  2. Sydney J. Harris:

    The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

  3. Ron DeSantis:

    Florida has become the escape hatch for those chafing under authoritarian, arbitrary and seemingly never-ending mandates and restrictions.

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