Related Words for retreating

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Word	Syllables	Categories
withdrawing	x/x	Noun, Verb
receding	x/x	Verb, Adjective, Noun
retiring	x/x	Noun, Adjective, Noun
advancing	x/x	Verb, Verb
fleeing	/x	Verb
abandoning	x/xx	Verb
escaping	x/x	Verb
attacking	x/x	Verb
fighting	/x	Noun
hiding	/x	Noun
cowering	/xx	Noun
surrendering	x/xx	Verb
moving	/x	Verb
confronting	x/x	Verb
leaving	/x	Verb
plunging	/x	Verb
regrouping	x/x	Noun
staying	/x	Verb
invading	x/x	Adjective
deserting	/xx	Verb
ignoring	x/x	Verb
venturing	/xx	Verb
embracing	x/x	Adjective
slipping	/x	Verb
huddling	/xx	Verb
hitting	/x	Verb
falling	/x	Verb
marching	/x	Noun
pushing	/x	Verb
retracting	x/x	Verb
defending	x/x	Verb
reverting	x/x	Verb
returning	x/x	Verb
avoiding	x/x	Verb
clinging	/x	Verb
evacuating	x/xxx	Verb
chasing	/x	Verb
scuttling	/xx	Noun
encroaching	x/x	Noun
reorienting	x/xxx	Verb
shrinking	/x	Noun
burying	/xx	Verb
reaching	/x	Verb
forsaking	x/x	Verb
dispersing	x/x	Verb
skulking	/x	Verb
sliding	/x	Verb
resorting	x/x	Verb
scampering	/xx	Verb
settling	/xx	Noun
occupying	/xxx	Verb
stopping	/x	Verb
seizing	/x	Verb
consolidating	x/xxx	Verb
storming	/x	Noun
recovering	x/xx	Verb
dragging	/x	Verb
flinging	/x	Verb
sheltering	/xx	Verb
turning	/x	Verb
annihilating	x/xxx	Verb
stepping	/x	Verb
evading	x/x	Verb
sauntering	/xx	Verb
leaping	/x	Verb
conquering	/xx	Noun
dropping	/x	Verb
entering	/xx	Verb
recapturing	x/xx	Verb
slinking	/x	Verb
stalling	/x	Noun
infiltrating	x/xx	Verb
skirmishing	/xx	Noun
obliterating	x/xxx	Verb
shunning	/x	Verb
slumping	/x	Verb
accelerating	x/xxx	Verb
clawing	/x	Noun
eschewing	x/x	Verb
drifting	/x	Verb
reentering	x/xx	Verb
pummeling	/xx	Noun
disintegrating	x/xxx	Noun
approaching	x/x	Verb
tiptoeing	/xx	Verb
transitioning	x/xx	Verb
losing	/x	Verb
forcing	/x	Verb
suppressing	x/x	Verb
repudiating	x/xxx	Verb
replenishing	x/xx	Verb
dismissing	x/x	Verb
pursuing	x/x	Verb
thrusting	/x	Noun
evaporating	x/xxx	Verb
dislodging	x/x	Verb
detaching	x/x	Verb
disappearing	xx/x	Verb
breaking	/x	Noun
relinquishing	x/xx	Verb
succumbing	x/x	Verb
encircling	x/xx	Noun
bringing	/x	Verb
confining	x/x	Verb
trudging	/x	Verb
countering	/xx	Verb
surging	/x	Adjective
collapsing	x/x	Verb
regaining	x/x	Verb
taking	/x	Verb
pulling	/x	Verb
defeating	x/x	Adjective
declining	x/x	Verb
dodging	/x	Verb
knocking	/x	Verb
destroying	x/x	Verb
ducking	/x	Verb
vanishing	/xx	Noun
flinching	/x	Verb
hugging	/x	Verb
beating	/x	Noun
dissolving	x/x	Verb
reasserting	xx/x	Verb
protecting	x/x	Verb
deflecting	x/x	Noun
stomping	/x	Noun
battling	/xx	Verb
slamming	/x	Verb
capturing	/xx	Verb
creeping	/x	Verb
holding	/x	Verb
hurrying	/xx	Verb
ceding	/x	Verb
vacating	/xx	Verb
jumping	/x	Noun
eluding	x/x	Verb
traversing	x/x	Verb
intruding	x/x	Verb
journeying	/xx	Noun
renouncing	x/x	Verb
shutting	/x	Verb
forestalling	x/x	Verb
shifting	/x	Verb
pullback	/x	Noun
recession	x/x	Noun
reversing	x/x	Verb
recess	x/	Noun
reversion	x/x	Noun
recoiling	x/x	Noun
regress	/x	Noun
backtrack	/x	Noun
backing	/x	Noun
relapse	x/	Noun
glacier	/x	Adverb, Noun
perpetual	x/xx	Adjective
federals	/xx	Name
abating	x/x	Noun
decreasing	x/x	Noun
departing	x/x	Adjective, Noun
descending	x/x	Adjective, Noun
diminishing	x/xx	Adjective, Noun
dip	/	Noun, Verb
eases	/x	Verb, Noun
revises	x/x	Verb, Noun
waning	/x	Adjective, Noun
save	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
get	/	Verb, Noun
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater	/xx	Noun, Verb
die	/	Verb, Noun
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
tell	/	Verb, Noun
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
blow	/	Noun, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe	/x	Noun, Verb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb