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as in relinquished
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot
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as in succumbed
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun
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as in resigned
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir
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as in submitted
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)
determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette
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as in fell
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing
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Recent Examples of surrendered
Padres starter Germán Márquez surrendered seven of the eight runs scored by the White Sox, six of those in the second.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The left-hander surrendered three hits — two of them solo home runs by Sosa and Straw — walked one and struck out four.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
Ray surrendered three runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
Schultz surrendered a triple to Tatis with one out.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
After the Chiricahua Apache surrendered in 1886, the land became home to a family of Swedish immigrant settlers, the Ericksons.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
Ray surrendered three runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Springs surrendered both of the Royals’ runs in his three innings of work.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Argentina eventually surrendered in June of that year after at least 900 people were killed.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Apr. 2026
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The left-hander surrendered three hits — two of them solo home runs by Sosa and Straw — walked one and struck out four.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
Ray surrendered three runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
Schultz surrendered a triple to Tatis with one out.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
After the Chiricahua Apache surrendered in 1886, the land became home to a family of Swedish immigrant settlers, the Ericksons.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
Ray surrendered three runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Springs surrendered both of the Royals’ runs in his three innings of work.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Argentina eventually surrendered in June of that year after at least 900 people were killed.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrendered
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This suggests that Bronze Age individuals relinquished pieces of their wealth as a sacred offering.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Siavash Ghoreishi, a pediatrician in private practice, and Jila Khorsand, a pathologist with a large medical group, both relinquished their medical licenses shortly after their daughter's death and have disputed Scott's claims.—
Juliet Pennington,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The odds were always bad, and the Dallas Stars succumbed not to math but the better team.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2026
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Rangel succumbed to his injuries two days later, on December 6.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Dustman resigned as police chief in August.—
Ben Wheeler
May 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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Vasquez was selected by caucus three years ago when Mike Jessen resigned mid-term to oversee the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The prosecutor submitted a Facebook picture that Burgos told authorities was her boyfriend holding the gun used in the shooting.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The plan, which was submitted the day before the Legislature convened a four-day special session on redistricting Tuesday, eliminates four of the eight current Democratic-leaning districts, giving Republicans a 24-to-four advantage.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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But before he was felled at age 68 by a heart attack, Joiner had shared what was in the briefcase with the lead Louisiana State Police investigator on the case, Stefan Montgomery, Joiner's son and the LSP confirmed.—
Stephanie Gosk,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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John Adams famously wrote to his wife, Abigail, that smallpox was killing 10 soldiers for every one felled in battle.—
Katrine L. Wallace,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hosted on Connect, the challenge asks participants to reinterpret the house’s signature corsetry and tartan in CLO and Marvelous Designer, with final looks rendered in Unreal Engine using MetaHuman tools.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The volumetric data are therefore rendered unusable, as there is not yet a reliable method for reconciling nonuniform reporting.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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Defensively, Miami has conceded 15 goals, showing vulnerability along the back line.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting, conceded to remain detained pending further legal proceedings in his case, his attorney said at his detention hearing on Thursday.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Surrendered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrendered. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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