Refuge is a place or state of

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. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:

Safety

* Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire *

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, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks * Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote * Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter * Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence * A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict * Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority * Refuge (bridges), a recess or bay in the parapet providing safety to pedestrians.

Nature and biology

* Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife * Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation * Refugium (population biology), a location of an isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species * ''Refuge crop'', a non- genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent or slow the development of predators resistant to its modified properties by purposely encouraging the mating of species across said crops

Film and television

* ''Refuge'' (1923 film), an American silent drama film * ''Refuge'' (1928 film) or ''Escape'', a German silent film * ''The Refuge'' (film), a 2009 French drama directed by François Ozon * ''Refuge'' (2012 film), an American drama directed by Jessica Goldberg * '' Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home'', a 2012 American documentary by Ethan Bensinger * "Refuge" (''Law & Order''), a television episode * "The Refuge" (''The Outer Limits''), a television episode

Literature

* ''The Refuge'' (novel), a 1954 novel by Kenneth Mackenzie * '' Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place'', a 1991 book by Terry Tempest Williams * '' Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge'', a 1988 novel by Rob Chilson

Music

* Refuge (band), a side project of the German band Rage * Refuge Records, a 1980s American record label * ''Refuge'' (EP) or the title song, by Rage, 1994 * ''Refuge'' (Sons of Korah album), by Sons of Korah, 2014 * , by Carbon Based Lifeforms, 2013 * "Refuge", a song by Psy from '' 4X2=8'', 2017 * "Refuge", a song by Steve Wilson from '' To the Bone'', 2017

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