Synonyms for retreated
re·treat·ed

Princeton's WordNet

1. retreatednoun

   people who have retreated

   "he had only contempt for the retreated"

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1. List of paraphrases for "retreated":

   retreat, sagged, fell, tumbled, retreats, dropped, withdrew, eased, declined, receded, reconsiders, eases, slumped, plummeted, plunged

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1. Ian Lindsey:

   The authorities have been working overtime to put down a containment area and they were here last night ready to defend us, but there wasn't a lot of fire really, anyone who needed to had retreated. I'm not surprised, last weekend was intense.

2. Read MoreOne participant:

   At one point, I couldn't feel my fingers( because it was so cold). At the same time my tongue felt frozen, too. i retreated back to halfway down the mountain, and entered a wooden cabin at the direction of a rescuer. There were already about 10 more runners who came down earlier and we waited for rescue in the cabin for about an hour. Eventually about 50 runners came and took shelter in the cabin.

3. Gene Preston:

   If not for Covid, we were on track to work it out, when Covid hit, every hospital that was looking at partnering with us retreated to solve their own issues.

4. Dipanjan Chatterjee:

   This is a very, very unusual year, typically at this time of the year, you know, all the brands are all agog with excitement because Beijing Olympics is right around the corner... Instead, what you've found is that they've retreated into their shells.

5. Oumar Arby:

   I heard gunshots and heavy explosions, the fighting continued in the street and around the hotel. At one point, the Islamists retreated to the hotel and fired at the soldiers from inside.