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  • 121retreat — re·treat n: the act or process of withdrawing from a dangerous situation ◇ Many jurisdictions require that a person must have at least attempted a retreat, if it was possible to do so with safety, in order for a defense of self defense to prevail …

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  • 122abandon — abandon1 abandonable, adj. abandoner, n. abandonment, n. /euh ban deuhn/, v.t. 1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one s farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship. 2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw …

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  • 123surrender — surrenderer, n. /seuh ren deuhr/, v.t. 1. to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police. 2. to give… …

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  • 124arrogate — vb Arrogate, usurp, preempt, appropriate, confiscate mean to seize or assume something by more or less high handed methods. Arrogate (commonly followed by to and a reflexive pronoun) implies an unwarranted and usually an insolent or presumptuous… …

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  • 125surrender — sur•ren•der [[t]səˈrɛn dər[/t]] v. t. 1) to deliver up or yield (something) to the possession or power of another on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy[/ex] 2) to give (oneself) up, as to the police 3) to give (oneself) up …

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  • 126retire — [v] leave a place or responsibility absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one’s room*, go to sleep, hand over, hit the… …

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  • 127throw — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a particular direction. 2 force violently into a specified position or state (the ship was thrown on the rocks; threw themselves down). 3 compel suddenly …

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  • 128Impeach Blair campaign — On August 26, 2004, a cross party group of British MPs announced their campaign to impeach the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time, Tony Blair for high crimes and misdemeanours . A campaign to impeach the US President, George W. Bush …

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