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EXFILTRATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "exfiltrate" is one way to...):
break loose; escape; get away (run away from confinement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control
Example:
the military commander was exfiltrated on a French plane
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "exfiltrate" is one way to...):
remove; transfer (shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
