Reach
Reach verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Surrender
Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
How words are described
| full | full reach | full surrender |
| great | great reach | great surrender |
| quick | quick reach | quick surrender |
| immediate | immediate reach | immediate surrender |
| Other adjectives: final, last, worldwide. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You Wouldn't Shoot Me: Spock holds Sybok at gunpoint once they reach the Enterprise, but Sybok refuses to surrender, instead just walking up and taking the gun.
- In a moment of breathtaking Cutscene Incompetence, the player is forced to surrender to five or six Mooks more lightly armed than the people they have to slaughter by the dozen to reach that point at all.
Source: Stupid Surrender - In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, when a humanoid enemy (usually bandits or civilians) reach a certain health threshold, they drop to the ground while crying out for mercy or declaring their surrender.
Source: Morale Mechanic
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