免れる

Meaning

1. v1
   to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
2. v1
   to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from

Example sentences

• 容疑者は逮捕を免れたいと思った。

  The suspect wanted to avoid being arrested.

• 又しても死を免れることができた。

  Again I was able to escape death.

• 彼は飛行機の墜落では死を免れたが、結局砂漠で死んだ。

  He survived the crash, only to die in the desert.