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refuge
[ ref-yooj ]
noun
- shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.:
to take refuge from a storm.
- a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
Synonyms: stronghold, haven, sanctuary, retreat, asylum
- anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to afford refuge to.
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to take refuge.
refuge
/ ˈrɛfjuːdʒ /
noun
- shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger
- any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief
accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying
- another name for traffic island
verb
- archaic.to take refuge or give refuge to
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Origin of refuge1
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Example Sentences
They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.
The regions where it is strong have served as a refuge for al Qaeda, which is the main American target.
Hana seeks refuge from the buzzing lights of Otome Road in a nearby café and makes another swirl with her straw.
Casa Bruja is a diamond in the rough, a refuge among all this bedlam.
The Uzbeks and other Central Asians had left the south, but many had found refuge in the north, in cities like Miran Shah.
He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.
But such refuge, he knew, could avail him nothing if the bear should scent him out and search for him.
Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.
Native women were not interfered with by either party, nor were the foreigners, many of whom took refuge at the British Consulate.
They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!
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