Battle
Battle verb - To oppose (someone) in physical conflict.
Usage example: Andrew Jackson first gained fame as a military commander battling the Creek Indians during the War of 1812
Surrender
Surrender verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).
Usage example: the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
How words are described
| complete | complete battle | complete surrender |
| true | true battle | true surrender |
| entire | entire battle | entire surrender |
| great | great battle | great surrender |
| Other adjectives: quick, famous, early, mock, final, bloody, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- There was also at least one instance of an Iraqi unit so desperate to surrender and avoid getting destroyed in battle, that they tried to surrender to an Italian film crew.
Source: To Win Without Fighting - Crocodile turned this against her by having his agents open fire, leading the rebellion to think that the army's surrender was a trap, which in turn lead to an even fiercer battle.
Source: I Surrender, Suckers -
Doomed Moral Victor: In Harder than Steel, Hard Man goes into battle and doesn't surrender, choosing to go down fighting instead, because the alternative is to live as a washed-up relic.
Source: Music / The Megas
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