retract
ret
ˈrit
rit
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rÃĻkt
rākt
/ÉšÉĒtɚˈÃĻkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "retract"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to draw back from what was said publicly before; often by force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She issued a public apology and retracted her earlier comments.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to draw something toward the inside
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻž

pull away from a source of disgust or fear

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

retracted
retractor
retract
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ