Avoid or escape (5)
I believe the answer is:
elude
I believe this is a double definition.
'avoid' is the first definition.
(eluding is a kind of avoiding)
'escape' is the second definition.
(I know that escape can be written as elude)
(Other definitions for elude that I've seen before include "Dodge or avoid" , "Puzzle" , "Dodge, duck" , "Escape from; baffle" , "Avoid; slip one's mind" .)