abject surrender
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabjectandsurrender
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abject
adjective
uk/ˈæb.dʒekt/us/ˈæb.dʒekt/
the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, ...
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surrender
noun[C or U]
uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/
the act of stopping fighting and officially ...
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It would be anabjectsurrenderto the threat of force.
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There he was, an unhappy apologist for anabjectsurrender.
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There never has been such a case ofabjectsurrenderas this surrender.
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It is very humiliating when the only solution is a ratherabjectsurrender.
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I suspect that it would be nothing more or less thanabjectsurrender.
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I do not think that "abjectsurrender" is suitable language to describe a policy of that kind.
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It is not even a matter ofabjectsurrenderto special interests, however disreputable that has been.
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It was anabjectsurrender.
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We are dealing with a region where face is still important, and where a way out, rather thanabjectsurrender, is likely to be the real solution.
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I think that one can sum it up by saying that what, five years ago, was about to beabjectsurrenderhas become at least a merchant adventure.
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That would meanabjectsurrender.
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That was anabjectsurrender.
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The second category is peace by example: that we alone disarm, which means that one day this extra threat to survival may be removed only byabjectsurrender.
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Illiteracy led them to tamasic activities andabjectsurrenderto hundreds of deities to tide over their problems.
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