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rout(noun, charge, defeat, rush, surrender)
5
run off(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
5
start(go, advance, remove, withdraw, leave)
5
take off(verb, expression, go, separate, withdraw)
5
walk(verb, move, action, act, movement)
5
wane(drop, close, go, decline, withdraw)
4
advance(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
4
bow out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, remove)
4
bower
4
capitulate(verb, submission)
4
cede(verb, go, open, fail, allow)
4
collapse(noun, verb, go, open, fail)
4
defense(noun, cover, peace, protection, screen)
4
disengagement(noun, drawing, removal, extraction)
4
duck(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
4
fallback(noun, forward)
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going(escape, departure, exit, parting, leaving)
4
harborage(noun, cover, protection, screen, shelter)
4
hightail(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
4
home(noun, place, cover, protection, dwelling)
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