Command and Retreat

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Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

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Retreat is an antonym for command in rule topic.

Retreat verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).

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Command is an antonym for retreat.

Nearby Words: retreated, retreating

good	good command	good retreat
full	full command	full retreat
special	special command	special retreat
total	total command	total retreat
Other adjectives: single, great, mental, final, temporary, last, soviet, southern.

people	command people	retreat people
unit	command unit	retreat unit
way	command way	retreat way
technology	command technology	retreat technology
Other words: world, enemy, forces, players, enemies, armies.

Honour Before Reason: Grand Moff Tarkin considers retreat a coward's option, and a fleet cannot use the 'retreat' command if he's with them.

Source: Video Game / Empire at War
Was the nominal second in command of the fleet at Endor (in the event of Vader's flagship, Executor, being destroyed), and turned the rout into a well-ordered retreat.

Source: Memetic Badass / Literature
Slim was sent to command in Burma in 1942, and led the bulk of the British Army out of Burma into India on its longest retreat, saving the bulk of that Army to fight again.

Source: Useful Notes / Bernard Law Montgomery

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