RETREATED (FROM) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

retreated (from)

verb

past tense of retreat (from)

as in withdrew (from)

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It would only be cut off under much steeper reductions, the likes of which are not included in the next few years of Colorado River plans.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Risk assessments should examine where a river bends, where slopes are unstable and where a single failure could cut off several communities.

— Victoria Milko, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut off

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In the mechanical maintenance shop, five employees and the foreman escaped, but two were killed from exposure to the chemical, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Simpson escaped pressure and rolled out to his left before firing a pass to diving receiver Brennan Presley for a touchdown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaped

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They were arrested during an interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus who handed over power in February to a new government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
The victim handed over the keys, then picked up a plumbing tool and started swinging it at Arredondo-Garcia, who ran away.

— Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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