Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Surrender
Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
How words are described
| full | full cover | full surrender |
| complete | complete cover | complete surrender |
| fake | fake cover | fake surrender |
| light | light cover | light surrender |
| Other adjectives: entire, famous, white, final, official, last, nearest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He's also done a cover of the Devil May Cry 4 theme, "Shall Never Surrender", turning it into a soft piano ballad.
Source: Cover Version -
Stingers, designed for short-range engagements, affect a very small area and cannot penetrate cover, but anyone hit by them is guaranteed to surrender.
Source: Video Game / SWAT 4 -
Combat Pragmatist: Cale is not afraid to ambush people, use environmental effects to force them out of cover, or feign surrender.
Source: Film / White House Down
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