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Surrender
Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
Both words in one sentence
- After the failed invasion of the Fire Nation in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang gives a brief speech along these lines to the soldiers that are forced to surrender before escaping on Appa.
Source: I Shall Return -
Ironically, the order to surrender to the German forces took a bit of time to pass down the commando lines, so around the German/Danish border, some Danish Army units temporary attempted to resist the invasion.
Source: Militaries Are Useless - In The Sharpest Lives, from My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade, the standard line in the chorus is "Burn all the empires" (rhyming with "vampires" in the next line), but the final one uses "Burn all the embers" (rhyming with the previous lines of "shot to remember" and "I will surrender").
Source: Lyric Swap
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