Give and Surrender

Give

Give verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming

Surrender is a synonym for give in yield topic. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead a verb "Give".

Nearby Words: giving, given, giver

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

Give is a synonym for surrender. Sometimes you can use "Give" instead a verb "Surrender".

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

How words are described

sweet sweet give sweet surrender
instant instant give instant surrender
total total give total surrender
true true give true surrender
Other adjectives: light, cowardly, absolute, famous, official.

Common collocations

power give power surrender power
hope give hope surrender hope
control give control surrender control
hand give hand surrender hand
Other words: way, sword, gun, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Animation / Pokémon Rusty His plan is very much like the games: battle each member one at a time until they surrender and give him his Pokémon (and some money).
  • Video Game / Colonization Genocide Backfire: If you destroy the capital of a native tribe, but they still have some settlements left, they will surrender and give you all the land you have conquered.
  • Always Chaotic Evil Further, in the fourth book, the Alliance finds some Grik who, possibly as a result of being cut off from their army for several months, are willing to surrender and give peace a chance.
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