Invading and Surrender

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Invading adjective - Involving invasion or aggressive attack.

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Surrender is an antonym for invading in attack and encroach topic.

Nearby Words: invade, invasion, invaded, invader

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Invading is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

In WW2 Japan didn't surrender because of America invading, they surrendered because they heard Jack Churchill was invaading.

Source: Memetic Badass / Chuck Norris
There's also the SS Lieutenant who orders children who refused to fight the invading Americans to be hanged for "cowardice", only to surrender without a fight to the Americans himself - they execute him too.

Source: Hypocrite / Film
In Small Gods Brutha goes out to speak to the united army invading Omnia and convince them that while they'll freely surrender and disarm, pillaging and conquering the kingdom will only continue a cycle of violence.

Source: Interrupted Cooldown Hug

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