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surrender English

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surrender Verb

— When an army stops fighting and lets the other side win, we say that the army surrenders. Sometimes people wave a white flag to show that they are surrendering. — To submit to a person who has more power.

surrender

— verb (= give up) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered — verb relinquish possession or control over The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in — noun (= resignation) acceptance of despair — noun (= giving up) a verbal act of admitting defeat — noun the delivery of a principal into lawful custody — noun (= capitulation) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) they were protected until the capitulation of the fort

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surrender English » English

yield give up capitulate submit capitulation give in submission yielding relinquish hand over fall deliver succumb cede abandonment resign concede abandon submit to relinquishing quit giving up give oneself up give renounce obey lose comply waiver waive vacate turn over to succumbing subdue resignation resign oneself to renunciation rendition render relinquishment leave knuckle under grant giving in give way extradition delivery bow bend over

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What do people use surrender to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Surrender

Conjugation surrender conjugation

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surrender · verb

Examples surrender examples

How do I use surrender in a sentence?

Simple sentences

If you do not surrender, you will die!
What if I say I'll never surrender?
We demand your unconditional surrender.
The pirates had no choice but to surrender.
I would rather die than surrender.
The garrison was forced to surrender.
Surrender to the enemy.
The soldiers were told never to surrender.
The Guard dies, but it does not surrender!
The garrison saw no choice but to surrender.
The enemy has demanded our surrender.
I'd rather die than surrender.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Surrender or die!
Your lives will be spared if you surrender.
Under the circumstances we have no choice but to surrender.
When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.
Never give up. Never surrender.
He would have to surrender.
Johnston decided to surrender.

Movie subtitles

You best tell Murdoch to surrender, or there truly will be hell to pay.
I surrender, I will drown myself.
The monarch thought he could make your father surrender by kidnapping you.
As long as you don't surrender there won't be any peace!
I SURRENDER!
Come down and surrender.
Either we can surrender to an epidemic of crime and violence which will destroy our homes and our community, or we can give warning to the host of other gangsters and murderers that they are through.
In the name of God we call upon you to surrender the city of Acre.
You will surrender Acre, and then Jerusalem.
I will surrender nothing.
Surrender yourself.
Surrender your sword and be seated.
Why should we surrender life to the brutes and fools?
That means surrender of our sovereign independence.
Let the women and child go and I'll surrender!
I must surrender.
No. let's surrender.
I want you all to surrender at once.
She may have been anxious that once on her path of life she might encounter an event, some sensuously intoxicating charm to which she would surrender.
They're delighted to witness the unconditional surrender of the most exacting bachelor in the world.
I don't know to whom I would rather surrender.
Throw down your arms and surrender!
Evacuation? You mean surrender?
You should know the British never surrender. Yet their guns will be useless to them, if I may advise Your Highness.
And you won't surrender it?
You heard what the Mother Superior said. If we surrender now, we're in for it.
But our old friend was finally induced to surrender and he is now sitting, under violent protest, by his own fireside.
Complete Surrender.
The Turks surrender.
Disarm yourselves and surrender immediately.
I surrender!
You and your friends better come out and surrender peacefully.
Each time, I surrender. to your words, soft and tender.
We shall never surrender.
Surrender, Tonkin!
Surrender, and you'll be free to go with as much water and food as you can carry.
Surrender herself to the police and stand trial.
And what I have thought is this. Those who surrender themselves to evil are no longer free souls.
They were the last two buildings in Berlin to surrender.
Bond, I surrender.
We do not admit defeat. but we will surrender. if you give me your word that we can all go free in safety.
I'll surrender for fair trial before Prince John if they are no longer prisoners in an hour.

News and current affairs

Today, following the North's third nuclear test, we seem to have entered the most precarious stage yet, with the regime declaring that it will never surrender its nuclear option.
Tymoshenko, who has survived three assassination attempts, is not the type of woman to surrender her campaign on a technicality.
Against all expectations, it struck a morally advantageous posture by offering to surrender some part of its budget rebate, but only if the rest of the European Union (i.e. France, in particular) would agree to fundamental reforms of EU farm policy.
Particularly egregious was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 2003 surrender of India's Tibet card.
Bribery flourishes in most institutions, and the fight against it always ends in disaster or surrender.
That initiative collapsed because the Chechens were ordered to surrender their weapons within 72 hours.
In return, Germany would insist on economic-governance reforms that force other eurozone members to surrender some of their national fiscal prerogatives.
No one dreamed that a line drawn on the 38th parallel for the tactical purpose of organizing the surrender of Japanese units to Soviet and American forces would become a scar across the Korean peninsula that would create two separate states.
Second, the subject for negotiations is unclear, because Putin has ruled out Chechen independence, and surrender by the separatists is just as unlikely.
Countries compete for investment, talent, growth, and opportunity in a globalized world, and those that are pushed out of the running surrender the greatest prize of all: human development, prosperity, and happiness for their people.
Whatever form the surrender takes, Greece will not be the only loser.
ATHENS - On July 12, the summit of eurozone leaders dictated its terms of surrender to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who, terrified by the alternatives, accepted all of them.
This would obviously amount to a surrender.
Similarly, the war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, based in The Hague, insists on the surrender of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and other indicted suspects.
As soon as these elites gained power, they became unwilling to surrender any of the state authority they inherited.
Instead of requiring that any or all factions surrender or relinquish their weapons, it calls only for the cessation of heavy fighting, to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and prevent Aleppo's total collapse.
Democratic politicians must not surrender their consciences to woo either their own economically jittery citizens or the Chinese regime.
We are left with the certainty, however awkward, that active participation in an open world economy requires some surrender of economic sovereignty.
But preparedness to surrender national sovereignty to the Union varies between EU member countries.
Space at the table for China could be obtained if the eurozone countries, signaling their commitment to the common currency, agreed to surrender their individual seats in exchange for one representing the entire monetary union.
Now calls are growing for the government to surrender the special powers that it acquired during the war and end the control of information as an instrument of state policy.
Pakistan is worth invoking when assessing whether the sanctions now imposed on Iran will force it to surrender its nuclear program.
Yet, however crippling the effect of sanctions might be, they will not bring the regime to surrender its nuclear program.

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