Endure and Surrender

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Endure

Endure verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
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Surrender is an antonym for endure in bear hardship topic.
Nearby Words: enduring, endurance, endurable

Surrender

Surrender verb - To yield to the control or power of enemy forces.
Usage example: General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
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Endure is an antonym for surrender.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
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fight endure fight surrender fight
times endure times surrender times

Both words in one sentence

  • Hopeless War The only hope was to surrender and endure decades (if not centuries) of oppression until an Earth-centered revolution would bring about the rebirth of even better Federation.
    Source: Hopeless War
  • Though to be fair, kingdoms that did surrender to him usually had to endure a period of Rape, Pillage, and Burn before the Mongol Hordes moved on, so its somewhat understandable that his emissaries weren't exactly popular.
    Source: Roaring Rampage Of Revenge / Real Life
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