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retreated
adjective as in retired
adjective as in withdrawn
adjective as in withdrawn
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Goodman retreated to house arrest at his luxury mansion on $4 million bail.
He and the troops then retreated across New Jersey to a winter redoubt.
She retreated into the lobby, but only to call for backup and an ambulance.
Once you raised it, a massed army was wasting away, whether it fought or not, or whether it advanced, retreated, or stood still.
But at around 12 months, B. seemed to regress, and by age 2, he had fully retreated into his own world.
Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.
Our army, under the command of General Houston, was in front of Harrisburg, to which place the congress had retreated.
Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.
Lannes retreated slowly on Essling, his troops suffering severely from the re-formed Austrian batteries.
As the Americans retreated, the insurgents crept up, aided by a mist, to within short range and fired another volley.
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On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to retreated, such as: detached, isolated, removed, secluded, separated, and sequestered.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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