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noun

Definition of capitulatingnext
as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another the tug-of-war will continue until the capitulating of one side or the other

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capitulating

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verb

present participle of capitulate
1
as in succumbing
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) one side finally capitulated when it became clear that they couldn't win the argument

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as in surrendering
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the city reluctantly capitulated to the invaders after a three-day siege

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulating
  1. surrender
  2. succumbing
  3. surrendering
  4. submission
  5. submitting
  6. conceding
  7. bowing
Noun
  • The biggest risk is that the policyholder premiums may be tied up until the surrender period of the policy.
    Tanmay Gupta, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Pereyra negotiated his surrender through his lawyer, prosecutors confirmed to TMZ.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of surrender
Verb
  • The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Frey said believes Hoover slipped on the ice, fell to the ground and was unable to get back up before succumbing to harsh weather conditions.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of succumbing
Verb
  • At that time, the Cowboys, in their first full game without Dak Prescott at quarterback, were a dysfunctional team surrendering the league’s third-most rushing yards per game.
    Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • There’s something about someone who’s been protecting themselves so much, and then finally surrendering again like that and being so vulnerable.
    Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrendering
Noun
  • Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The juried categories include the FIPRESCI Prize for films in the international feature film Oscar submissions program, the best documentary award and the New Voices New Visions Award, among others.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of submission
Verb
  • Residing or working in the country without legal status and submitting false documents to government authorities for a range of benefits or for employment is already a federal crime.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After submitting those contributions for public matching funds, the Adams campaign raked in an additional $22,000 in taxpayers’ cash off of them, records show.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of submitting
Verb
  • Though that sentence could also have stopped after four words, the statistics really are bad — conceding around one goal every 10 corners faced.
    Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • No top-flight side has shipped more in this period of a game, with Villa conceding early and late through repeatable scenarios.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of conceding
Verb
  • This weekend, a cartoonist quit her job after an editor rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing before the president-elect.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Joe Biden’s last weeks as president will be spent bowing to environmentalists by trying to permanently ban new offshore oil and natural gas.
    Andrew Follett, National Review, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of bowing
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