Comply and Surrender

Comply

Comply verb - Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.

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Surrender and comply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead a verb "Comply".

Nearby Words: complied, complying

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Comply and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comply" instead a verb "Surrender".

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

ship	comply ship	surrender ship
times	comply times	surrender times

The action key also doubles as a shout button, allowing you to bark orders at both civilians and suspects if they're acting stubborn and don't want to cooperate, comply or surrender.

Source: Video Game / SWAT 4
In the same battle, the Humanoids tell two times their opponents to surrender, the third and last one coming with the warning of destroying their homeworld if they don't comply.

Source: Western Animation / Il était une fois...
Doyle are able to negotiate the terms of ponykind's surrender and overall future status on Earth relatively peacefully... owed largely to the fact that Equestria and what's left of the ponies will be wiped off the face of the Earth if Twilight doesn't comply with the UN's bigger demands.

Source: Fanfic / The Negotiations-verse

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