Capitulate meaning

Verb: capitulate

Pronunciation: (ku’pi-chu,leyt)

Capitulate meaning:

• To stop fighting an enemy or opponent.
• To admit that an enemy or opponent has won or surrender under agreed conditions.
• To cease resisting.

Synonyms: blink, bow, budge, concede, give up, relent, surrender

Quotations: Samuel Johnson – I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Donald Rumsfeld – His forces continue to surrender and capitulate. His regime is running out of real soldiers. And soon all that will be left will be the war criminals.

John King – When you have this kind of pressure and temperature, the components of what goes into a traditional drilling tool, they fail, they melt, they capitulate under the pressure.

Sample sentences:

• The country  capitulated because of its weak  army and dwindling resources.
• It is credible that the opponent did capitulate to India in the war.
• The city reluctantly capitulated to the invaders after a three day fight.
• The Mughal dynasty  finally capitulated when it became clear that they couldn’t win the war.