refuge
IPA: rˈɛfjudʒ
noun
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A refuge island.
verb
- (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
- (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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Examples of "refuge" in Sentences
- That is the refuge of the ignorant.
- The refuge is closed to the public.
- The refuge began in the spring of 2005.
- His refuge from the boss was successful.
- Wildlife refuge goes under construction.
- Censorship is the last refuge of the ignorant.
- A group of partisans seek refuge in a cloistered convent.
- The sanctuary is a refuge of the endangered Lion tailed macaque.
- The future of the refuge lies in the hands of the federal government.
- In the past, this court was used as a refuge for the recalcitrant judges.
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