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retreating

retreating

retreating ADJ

retreating MIL
retreating MIL

peripheral retreat GEOL

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This time his unit formed the rear guard of the army and was to provide cover for the units retreating.
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It also means the glacier can undergo rapid periods of advancing and retreating movement.
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The "gallglaigh" furnished the retreating plunderers with a moving line of defence from which the horsemen could make short, sharp charges, and behind which they could retreat when pursued.
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In such a case, the retreating force may employ a number of tactics and strategies to further impede the enemy's progress.
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To them, even retreating is a dishonourable action, but they will flee if faced with certain death.
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It was probably formed by a combination of retreating glaciers creating a kettle hole and subsidence caused by the underlying rock salt dissolving away.
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They were also slowed due to defensive trenches around the city that had been filled with flammable chemicals by retreating loyalist troops.
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Piles of talus and rockfall were created by retreating alpine glaciers.
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Today he is a 73-year-old pensioner, with a tuft of a grey beard, retreating hairline, and sad blue eyes that peer over bifocals.
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Governments are retreating from control of the commanding heights of their economies: they are privatizing and deregulating.
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