Control and Surrender

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Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

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Surrender is an antonym for control in have charge of topic.

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

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Control is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

full	full control	full surrender
complete	complete control	complete surrender
total	total control	total surrender
true	true control	true surrender
Other adjectives: great, absolute, permanent, outright.

mind	control mind	surrender mind
power	control power	surrender power
body	control body	surrender body
army	control army	surrender army
Other words: way, earth, world, ship, powers, ships.

After Sevastopol's surrender, the main belligerents agreed to negotiate before things spun completely out of control.

Source: Useful Notes / The Crimean War
Technically he obeys, but that doesn't stop him taking the fighter into battle, destroying the droid control ship and preventing the imminent surrender of the good guys on the ground.

Source: Prohibited Hero Saves the Day
The only way to control it is for the channeler to recognise how infinitely greater it is than her and surrender to it completely.

Source: You Were Trying Too Hard

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