USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To give over; surrender, to give up control over.
A
cede
B
skirmish
C
banish
D
claim
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Definitions of cede. verb. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. synonyms: concede, grant, yield.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some common synonyms of surrender are abandon, relinquish, resign, waive, and yield. While all these words mean “to give up completely, ” surrender implies a giving up after a struggle to retain or resist.

Detailed explanation-3: -: to give control of (something) to another person, group, government, etc. Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867. The state had to cede [=relinquish] part of their territory. The country had no choice but to cede [=surrender] control of the canal. They ceded their authority.

Detailed explanation-4: -capitulate, communicate, concede, give in, give up, grant, hand over, relinquish, renounce, sign over, transfer, waive, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, convey, drop, fold.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some common synonyms of relinquish are abandon, resign, surrender, waive, and yield.

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