All 4 Uses
capitulate
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
(Edited)
- 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.
p. 10.6capitulation = surrender
- Italy has capitulated.
p. 144.5 *capitulated = surrendered (in this case, in a war)
- 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."
p. 144.6capitulation = surrender
- Capitulation on the part of Dussel.
p. 334.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(capitulate) to stop resisting something -- such as surrendering to someone else's decision or accepting a military defeat
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)