Fight
Submitting
Submitting noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.
Both words in one sentence
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The last emperor, Constantine XI, chose to go out with a fight, rather than have the empire dismantled by submitting to the Ottoman sultan.
Source: Last Stand -
They never seem to consider the possibility of mortals putting aside their hatreds for each other to fight the Legion, nor did they predict that the Lich King would turn against them instead of submitting to his new position as a tool of the Legion (essentially, a lesser being defying them).
Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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