Needed
Retreated
Retreated noun - People who have retreated.
Needed and retreated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead a verb "Retreated".
Nearby Words: retreat, retreating
Both words in one sentence
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Considering she needed to call on Machina's alternate form to disturb Isumi's final spell and it looked like Isumi only retreated to call for reinforcements and to get the muggles out of the way..
Source: Demonic Possession -
But if everyone had just retreated, wouldn't they have just needed to finish off the few stragglers who got through?
Source: Stupid Sacrifice
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