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Retreat
Retreat noun - An act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable.
Home is a synonym for retreat in shelter topic. Sometimes you can use "Home" instead a noun "Retreat", if it concerns topics such as institution, asylum.
Nearby Words: retreated, retreating
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Before the Germans realize that the armour is inert, the home guard come and force them to retreat.
Source: Film / Bedknobs and Broomsticks -
This famous graph◊ of Napoleon's retreat from Russia illustrates just how few French soldiers made it home alive.
Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave -
Shambala (sometimes Anglicized as Shangri-la,) a retreat somewhere in the Himalayas that's home to advanced technology and many demi-gods and saints.
Source: Lost World
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Retreat and Home. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/home/retreat
Home & Retreat. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/home/retreat>.
Retreat or Home. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/home/retreat.
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