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refuge

/ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/ noun B2
  1. A state of safety, protection or shelter. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. (countable, uncountable)
  4. An expedient to secure protection or defence. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A refuge island. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A kind of daily prayer or recitation. (countable, uncountable)

Plural refuges

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Marilla gave a gasp of helplessness and took refuge in silence.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 146 · C1
A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 47 · B2
Finally he took refuge in a somewhat acrid irony.
The Valley of Fear, p. 90 · C1
It was there that he kept his hound and there also he had made preparations so that he might have a refuge.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 197 · C1

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