Surrender and War

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

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War is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

War noun - A state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups.

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Surrender is an antonym for war in topics: fight, armed conflict.

Nearby Words: warship, wartime

full	full surrender	full war
entire	entire surrender	entire war
early	early surrender	early war
possible	possible surrender	possible war
Other adjectives: bloody, outright, inevitable, last.

place	surrender place	war place
forces	surrender forces	war forces

Lampshaded by Churchill when he finally annouced something good (the German surrender and the war's end).

Source: Bearer of Bad News
Lampshaded by Churchill when he finally announced something good (the German surrender and the war's end).Churchill: After bringing me bad news for five years, in one feel swoop you have redeemed yourself.

Source: Film / Into the Storm (2009)
None of his plans work and he sits dejected in his war room and sighs, then inspiration strikes, he calls up France and declares war on them, they immediately surrender.

Source: Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys aka: Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey

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