Encounter
Surrender
Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
How words are described
| entire | entire encounter | entire surrender |
| early | early encounter | early surrender |
| possible | possible encounter | possible surrender |
| unexpected | unexpected encounter | unexpected surrender |
| Other adjectives: last, prior. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Unlike Anna, Gunther really is a Hopeless Boss Fight in the first encounter: You either surrender in dialogue or get captured when he kicks the stuffing out of you.
Source: Recurring Boss - This is almost unavoidable, as any encounter with the Reach's guards forces you to either surrender or kill the guard.
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Graceful Loser: Many of the enemy ships you encounter will surrender to you when low on health, offering you to let them live in return for scrap, missiles and/or fuel.
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