Rid and Surrender

Rid

Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.

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Surrender and rid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead a verb "Rid".

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Rid and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rid" instead a verb "Surrender".

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

power	rid power	surrender power
body	rid body	surrender body
control	rid control	surrender control
land	rid land	surrender land
Other words: clothes, way, earth, world, ship, city, times, powers.

Pity the Kidnapper: Ruin tries to surrender the fight and explains to Meliodas that he and the other Weird Fangs just want to be rid of Ban's horrible singing.

Source: Web Video / The Seven Deadly Schmucks
Looting enemy dead was/is a common practice, but soldiers are warned to get rid of any trophies before they surrender, since the Geneva Conventions recommend summary execution for any man caught with them.

Source: Film / Fury (2014)
Strangling one of your only scientists for not being able to correct a problem on the spot, getting rid of a third of your remaining men just because the guy they were loyal to wasn't Ax-Crazy, utterly refusing to surrender in the face of horrible death?

Source: Series / Stargate Universe

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