Retreat and Shrinking

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Retreat noun - An act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable.

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Shrinking and retreat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrinking" instead a noun "Retreat".

Nearby Words: retreated, retreating

Shrinking noun - The act of becoming less.

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Retreat and shrinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retreat" instead the word "Shrinking" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: shrink, shrinkage, shrinked

In the first anime her Crescent Beams first save Tuxedo Kamen by forcing Zoisite to retreat wounded, and then save the other four Sailor Soldiers from dying of asphyxiation from Kunzite's magically created shrinking dark barrier by wounding him and making him lose control of the spell.

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Anime and Manga

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