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EVACUEE |
One fleeing from danger |
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ESCAPIST |
One fleeing from reality |
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SHRINKER |
One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger. |
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SAVIOR |
One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or
danger. |
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DASTARD |
One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a
poltroon. |
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RUNAWAY |
One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty,
restraint, etc.; a fugitive. |
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GUARD |
One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger,
exposure, or attack; defense; protection. |
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FUGITIVE |
One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service,
duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. |
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HEDGE |
To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty,
responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk;
to slink; to shirk obligations. |
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SENTINEL |
One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier
set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe
the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. |
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SAFETY |
Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of
making safe or secure, o... |
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ESCAPE |
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of
avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an
escape in battle; a... |
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FLINCH |
...om pain
or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or
of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinch... |
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DEFEND |
...mes followed by from or against; as, to
defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies. ... |