unconditional surrender
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunconditionalandsurrender
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unconditional
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.kənˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌʌn.kənˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
complete and not limited in ...
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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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(Definition ofunconditionalandsurrenderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The lack of closure in a concept war, that is to say the absence of an enemy that can offerunconditionalsurrender, has the potential to produce perpetual conflict.
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Is it possible that the men are thinking of the word "unconditional"in the same way as it was used in"unconditionalsurrender"?
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There is no need for such a vastly important development as theunconditionalsurrenderdeclaration.
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As soon as possible, they were given the reply—unconditionalsurrender.
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I really do not think there is any misunderstanding now about the nature ofunconditionalsurrender.
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First, it is important to say that at no time have we demandedunconditionalsurrender.
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I have repeatedly said thatunconditionalsurrendergives the enemy no rights but relieves us from no duties.
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Once you declare that there is no alternative tounconditionalsurrender, what happens?
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He announced the policy of demandingunconditionalsurrender.
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This was a promise to the enemy as a condition ofunconditionalsurrender.
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We are not going to discuss terms with him—it is to beunconditionalsurrender—so it does not matter whether he knows or not.
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Unconditionalsurrender, without saying what ultimate purposes you have, is a mere slogan and nothing else.
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It is practically impossible to announce anything butunconditionalsurrender.
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I should like to refer to the observations which have been made on the subject of the policy ofunconditionalsurrender.
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The position is that we stand uponunconditionalsurrender.
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What we mean by "unconditionalsurrender" is this.
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The mutineers have been told that onlyunconditionalsurrenderwill be accepted.
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We have examples enough from history, and from modern history, of the dangers of demandingunconditionalsurrender.
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So far as enemy countries are concerned, they, of course, are governed by the terms ofunconditionalsurrenderalready announced.
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