Retreating
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of moving back from something; a retreat.
"But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of retreat form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"George H. W. Bush was a war criminal responsible for bombing retreating soldiers, many of whom were conscripts."
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