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flag of truce
noun as in white flag
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But when the flag-of-truce party reached the "Horn o' Plenty" they found not a corsair there!
He had a skin of the same color and a white tail, that retreating flag-of-truce so familiar to our overland emigrants.
In fifteen minutes an officer came to take their paroles, and they were escorted to the union lines by a flag-of-truce party.
They sent forward a flag-of-truce, and demanded the instant surrender of the stockade.
The New York flag-of-truce boat was found lying at the wharf with four hundred prisoners, whom she had not time to deliver.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flag of truce, such as: backing down, capitulation, caving in, giving-in, retreat, and submission.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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