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Collocations for surrender - noun

ADJECTIVE

complete, total
unconditional
immediate

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VERB + surrender

demand
The allied commander demanded their immediate and unconditional surrender.
force into, starve into
The villagers were starved into surrender.
accept
The division accepted the surrender of a group of some 500 rebels.
negotiate

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PREPOSITION

surrender to
the government's surrender to the nationalists' demands

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PHRASES

a flag of surrender
The rebels hoisted the white flag of surrender.
in surrender
He raised his hands in mock surrender.
terms of surrender
The rebels were offered easy terms of surrender.

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Collocations for surrender - verb

ADVERB

unconditionally
completely
After three weeks under siege they surrendered completely.
immediately
eventually, finally
formally
The British formally surrendered on May 31.
voluntarily

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VERB + surrender

order sb to
They were ordered to surrender their weapons to the police.
agree to
They agreed to surrender their claim to the territory.
refuse to
be forced to

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PREPOSITION

to
He surrendered voluntarily to his enemies.
The dictator surrendered power to Parliament.

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Surrender is used with these nouns as the object:
control, freedom, lease, passport, prerogative, sovereignty, territory

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