Occupation and Surrender

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Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

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Surrender is an antonym for occupation in topics: profession, control, seizure.

Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.

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Occupation is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

allied	allied occupation	allied surrender
complete	complete occupation	complete surrender
total	total occupation	total surrender
entire	entire occupation	entire surrender
Other adjectives: famous, official, remaining, last, roman, real-life.

As Japan itself had not come under direct occupation, Japan's leadership had time enough between the formal surrender and the beginning of the Allied Occupation to destroy their records.

Source: World War II / The Aftermath
Instead of a distant planet, this story is set in World War II Italy during the months between Italy's official surrender and the end of the war in Europe.The book follows several groups of people as they struggle to survive the recent Nazi occupation of Italy.

Source: Literature / A Thread of Grace

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