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| give up |
to surrender; yield. [1/3 definitions] |
| hand over |
to give up control of; surrender. |
| siege |
a military act of surrounding a city or base, attacking it, and cutting off supplies. The goal of a siege is to force the city or fort to surrender. |
| surrender |
If an army surrenders, it gives up fighting and admits that the other side is the winner. It also gives control or possession of something to the other side. If you surrender to the power or charm of something, you let it take you away in some manner. You stop resisting it. [2 definitions] |
| yield |
When a thing yields, it moves out of its position because of some pressure or force that is used on it. When a person yields, they surrender or change their mind because of something that someone says or does. [1/3 definitions] |
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