The basic Hebrew word for to escape or to run away is לברוח

:

עוד לא התחלנו – לאן אתה בורח?

We haven’t started yet – where are you running away to? (spoken to a male)

Likewise, an escape is בריחה

, which can be emotional as well as physical, a defense mechanism:

כן, זה מרגיע, אבל זה בריחה מהמציאות.

Yes, it’s soothing, but it’s an escape from reality.

מנוס

also means an escape, but in more dramatic contexts such as:

אין מנוס אלא להילחם בזה.

There’s no choice (no escape) but to fight it.