Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Surrendering is an antonym for keep.
Surrendering
Both words in one sentence
- In the Halloween episode of Invader Zim, when Zim is captured in the nightmare world and the monsters try to extort Dib into surrendering his head to them, Dib tells them they can keep him and throws a can at the monster's head.
Source: You Can Keep Her -
I Surrender, Suckers: Rimmer tries this out on four simulant death ships, to keep them from killing the crew (after all, you can't fire on a surrendering ship).
Source: Series / Red Dwarf -
Spell Casters cast a massive spell to keep the gravity of the Moon from destroying Earth, and the Justice League (after imprisoning the surrendering White Martians) pulls the moon away from Earth before it can impact and destroy the planet.
Source: Colony Drop
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