Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Submit
Submit verb - To yield to the control or power of enemy forces.
Usage example: the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way
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Both words in one sentence
- In Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Zelenin's Song is supposed to be so angelic, so beautiful, that anyone who hears it cannot help but lose all their will to fight and submit immediately to her.
Source: Stupidity-Inducing Attack - If they submit to the mandatory mind-wipe, their best possible future is to become harmless and lose their Competence Zone pass - yet there's always the possibility they'll end up as villains anyway.
Source: Growing Up Sucks -
And he can lose the title without being the one pinned or forced to submit.
Source: Wrestling / The Miz
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