Vocabulary
Retreat
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.
Urdu meaning
باز گشت، پیچھے ہٹنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Moreover, Xi Jinping told Modi precisely that during their meeting at a retreat in Tamil Nadu.
- Today, rapid glacial retreat has exposed HKH as one of the most vulnerable regions, resulting in frequent environmental disasters, from flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides to prolonged heatwaves and dry spells.
- Glaciers, too, are in retreat: 450 gigatonnes of ice vanished last year, equivalent to 1.2mm of sea-level rise.
- This time, however, Punjab`s retreat from its traditional role as market stabiliser by annually procuring and stocking over four million tonnes is said to have deepened the market`s fragility.
- Among other things, the objective was to convince the TTP to retreat from the area, so there would be no need for the operation.
Synonyms
withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back, pull out, fall back, give way, give ground
Curator example
“the French retreated in disarray”
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