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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
The right-hander surrendered a solo home run to left fielder Casey Schmitt and a run-scoring double to center fielder Drew Gilbert in the fourth, then put runners on the corners.
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Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
Angels blow 11-4 lead and lose Pinch-hitter Jonah Heim launched a tying homer with two outs in the ninth and the Athletics surrendered 11 straight runs before rallying from seven down to defeat the Angels 12-11 in 10 innings Friday night.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Shaw hit his fourth homer of the season in the second after Patrick Corbin surrendered singles to Alex Bregman and Ian Happ to start the inning.
—CBS News, 20 June 2026
Malek-Madani surrendered to authorities Tuesday and was arrested without incident after arriving at the police department with his attorney.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
Beasley poured in 21 points against the Riot in last year’s opener, and Los Angeles finished the season having surrendered the fourth-most points (370).
—Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Carolina also surrendered a high number of goals before switching from Frederik Andersen to Brandon Bussi, who allowed three goals in Game 4 and two more in Game 5.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
That remained the case on Friday, as the left-hander surrendered two longballs in the Yankees’ series-opening loss to the Blue Jays.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
Angels blow 11-4 lead and lose Pinch-hitter Jonah Heim launched a tying homer with two outs in the ninth and the Athletics surrendered 11 straight runs before rallying from seven down to defeat the Angels 12-11 in 10 innings Friday night.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Shaw hit his fourth homer of the season in the second after Patrick Corbin surrendered singles to Alex Bregman and Ian Happ to start the inning.
—CBS News, 20 June 2026
Malek-Madani surrendered to authorities Tuesday and was arrested without incident after arriving at the police department with his attorney.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
Beasley poured in 21 points against the Riot in last year’s opener, and Los Angeles finished the season having surrendered the fourth-most points (370).
—Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Carolina also surrendered a high number of goals before switching from Frederik Andersen to Brandon Bussi, who allowed three goals in Game 4 and two more in Game 5.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
That remained the case on Friday, as the left-hander surrendered two longballs in the Yankees’ series-opening loss to the Blue Jays.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrendered
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Originally foreseen as the second Air Jordan of Michael’s post-player era, the Air Jordan 16 was designed by Wilson Smith III after Tinker Hatfield relinquished the reins.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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The military relinquished its remaining ownership stake in the 1990s.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
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The couple was found unresponsive and later succumbed to their injuries.—
Samantha Cookinham,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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The Italian citizen, who lived in the city of Arezzo, 140 miles northeast of Rome, was taken to the hospital in critical condition but later succumbed to her injuries, according to Sky TG24.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Also running against him would be Wes Streeting, who last month resigned as health secretary to plan his own leadership challenge.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Stronach resigned as Magna’s chairman in 2011 and founded his own political party in his native Austria the following year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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The California secretary of state’s office on Wednesday declared that enough valid signatures were submitted.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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There is a reward of up to $25,000 for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS hotline.—
Kendrick Calfee
June 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 June 2026
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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These men considered the loss of control that such behavior implied-an animal urge indulged by weak men lacking the courage to fight other men directly-to be shameful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Traditional dubbing pipelines have struggled to keep pace with microdrama’s release cadence, and existing AI dubbing tools have drawn criticism for flat or artificially rendered performances.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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If unethical actors can deploy custom frontier AI models to aggressively interrogate smart contracts and find hidden protocol flaws, human-only defensive audits will be rendered obsolete.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Rather than crumbling after allowing the first-minute goal, Scotland has settled down and given itself a chance to get back into the game rather than conceded a quick, second goal.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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And while ratings are up for MLS on Apple TV this season, commissioner Don Garber has conceded the league may have moved entirely to streaming too soon.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
19 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Surrendered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrendered. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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