Sample sentences for CAPITULATE

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Definition

to stop resisting something — such as surrendering to someone else's decision or accepting a military defeat

The Romans induced many enemy armies to capitulate by offering good terms of surrender.

capitulate = surrender

The compromise that was announced, amounted to complete capitulation on the part of the company.

capitulation = surrender

Though they have achieved little, they claim virtue through refusing to capitulate to the opposition.
For five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

capitulated = gave up

After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

capitulation = surrender

capitulated = stopped resisting

When he felt his position secure he capitulated to the rebels and led them against the government.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

capitulated = surrendered (stopped resisting)

Percy, Northumberland, Th' Archbishop's Grace of York, Douglas, and Mortimer Capitulate against us,
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

capitulate = stopped resisting

Usually he capitulated, allowing himself to be outvoted,
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen

capitulated = stopped resisting

As is often the case, the family surrounded the bed and watched him capitulate.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

capitulate = stop resisting

I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months' siege like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter.
Edith Wharton -- Ethan Frome

capitulating = (that) stopped resisting

capitulated = surrendered

capitulation = surrender

The Dutch broadcast from England began at eight-fifteen with the news: "Listeners, an hour and fifteen minutes ago, just as I finished writing my daily report, we received the wonderful news of Italy's capitulation.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

capitulation = surrender

Her weakness was aggressive and kept forcing him to capitulate until eventually he lost his strength and was transformed into the rabbit in her arms.
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Ciphus objected but finally capitulated, as much to control the lingering of those loyal to Justin as to yield to the Horde's demands.
Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
He had capitulated, that was agreed.
George Orwell -- 1984
The choirboy in McAllister had capitulated, but not without remembering the doctor's indiscretion — and his debt.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
I can offer no reason under the sun why you should capitulate to my insidious suggestion.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
As this seemed impracticable, Dick capitulated.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

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