capitulation
Example Sentences
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A true capitulation, but even that wouldn’t be easy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Gulf nations have showcased unexpected resilience, and instead of capitulation warned of retaliation as their air defenses shot down most Iranian drones and missiles, preventing catastrophic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
For them, apologising to foreign governments risks appearing as capitulation at a time of national crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
This military victory eventually led to a British capitulation three years later and to freedom for the United States—and lasting fame for Washington.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing capitulation
The Diary of a Young Girl
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