capitulate

Example Sentences

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I just didn't expect to see them capitulate like that.

From BBC

In truth, it was a killer blow that caused Spain - who made eight changes from the side which overcame Norway 3-0 on Saturday - to capitulate.

From BBC

Afraid that calling Trump a "liar" in straight news reports would spark cries of Liberal Media Bias, the press capitulated.

From Salon

He gets credit for not capitulating to fascism all the way, but his fate is richly deserved.

From Salon

"It seems his only tool available to him is to brutalise individual citizens in Ukraine to try to intimidate them into capitulating," he said.

From BBC