Surrender and Turn

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

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Turn is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Surrender is an antonym for turn in adapt topic.

Nearby Words: turned, turning

full	full surrender	full turn
complete	complete surrender	complete turn
fake	fake surrender	fake turn
true	true surrender	true turn
Other adjectives: genuine, entire, serious, quick, early, permanent, immediate, possible, final, apparent, unexpected, official, inevitable, last, sudden.

power	surrender power	turn power
body	surrender body	turn body
control	surrender control	turn control
place	surrender place	turn place
Other words: moment, earth, world, fight, battle, weapon, ship, arms, city, gun, powers, weapons, guns.

They are ultimately forced to face the futility of their actions on the grand scale of things, and they more or less surrender and turn to a pathetic, sad life of drunkenly remembering the good old days.

Source: La Resistance / Literature
They eventually stopped accepting surrender of SS troops (which in turn may have had bearing on the Malmedy massacre.)

Source: I Surrender, Suckers
Various enemies, beaten into submission or just scared silly by overwhelming firepower, will surrender or even seemingly turn against their own side.

Source: I Surrender, Suckers

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