Help and Refuge

Help

Help noun - A thing that helps.

Usage example: the computer is a great help for writing reports

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Refuge and help are semantically related in access topic. In some cases you can use "Refuge" instead a noun "Help".

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Refuge noun - Act of turning to for assistance.

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Help and refuge are semantically related in access topic. Sometimes you can use "Help" instead a noun "Refuge".

Nearby Words: refugee, refugia

human	human help	human refuge
nice	nice help	nice refuge
similar	similar help	similar refuge
sheer	sheer help	sheer refuge
Other adjectives: likely, actual, real, massive, serious, huge, possible, last, promised.

Refuge in Audacity: When they're hired to help rehabilitate Steve's white supremacist past, this is one of the options they consider.

Source: Web Comic / Yellow Peril
An episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) had a subplot involving Raphael seeking refuge in the home of a blind old lady, who mistook him for a volunteer worker sent to help her.

Source: Blind and the Beast
Refuge in Audacity: The line the Doctor uses to distract some Thal guards while breaking in to their city to rescue Sarah JaneDoctor: Excuse me, can you help me?

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S12 E4 "Genesis of the Daleks"

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