Cover
Retreat
Retreat noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the abandoned cabin was a welcome retreat from the storm
Cover is a synonym for retreat in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Retreat" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as safety, place one goes for peace.
Nearby Words: retreated, retreating
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good cover | good retreat |
| full | full cover | full retreat |
| front | front cover | front retreat |
| single | single cover | single retreat |
| Other adjectives: slow, bad, infamous, famous, final, temporary, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Precarious gunship-to-gunship fights where enemies come from every direction and there's no cover or retreat, storming a battleship that should be party central but is just tedious, and a near-universally loathed Tower Defense mission make most players just want it to end already.
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Due to Conservation of Ninjutsu, a small group of ninja will behave dishonorably, and actually attack from cover, retreat, and so on, but large ninja forces will be made up of Highly Visible Ninja.
Source: Mook Chivalry - For most of the battle, the Germans had no idea where the fire was coming from and were shooting in the general direction of the Soviet tanks, while tank commander Lieutenant Zinoviy Kolobanov specifically ordered his five tanks to attack one at a time and then retreat back into cover.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Real Life
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