Make and Retreat

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Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Retreat is an antonym for make in arrive topic.

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

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

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Make is an antonym for retreat.

Nearby Words: retreated, retreating

good	good make	good retreat
long	long make	long retreat
single	single make	single retreat
small	small make	small retreat
Other adjectives: big, great, weak, bad, quick, easy, possible, last.

sense	make sense	retreat sense
people	make people	retreat people
call	make call	retreat call
peace	make peace	retreat peace
Other words: deal, time, use, way, world.

If he dies the rest of the fleet can retreat, which might make the player make the seemingly strange decision to sacrifice the grand admiral.

Source: Video Game / Empire at War
Sword of the Stars: While human and Zuul ships need to make for a node to escape, the other races have to make a seemingly arbitrary distance from enemy ships before they can retreat.

Source: No Warping Zone
You attack with your squadmates, and make the enemy retreat, or take enough casualties and fall back in panic.

Source: Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!

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