surrender

surrender
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noun
ADJECTIVE
complete, total
unconditional
immediate
VERB + SURRENDER
demand

The allied commander demanded their immediate and unconditional surrender.

force into, starve into

The villagers were starved into surrender.

accept

The division accepted the surrender of a group of some 500 rebels.

negotiate
PREPOSITION
surrender to

the government's surrender to the nationalists' demands

PHRASES
a flag of surrender

The rebels hoisted the white flag of surrender.

in surrender

He raised his hands in mock surrender.

terms of surrender

The rebels were offered easy terms of surrender.

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verb
ADVERB
unconditionally
completely

After three weeks under siege they surrendered completely.

immediately
eventually, finally
formally

The British formally surrendered on May 31.

voluntarily
VERB + SURRENDER
order sb to

They were ordered to surrender their weapons to the police.

agree to

They agreed to surrender their claim to the territory.

refuse to
be forced to
PREPOSITION
to

He surrendered voluntarily to his enemies.

The dictator surrendered power to Parliament.

Surrender is used with these nouns as the object: ↑control, ↑freedom, ↑lease, ↑passport, ↑prerogative, ↑sovereignty, ↑territory

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