"capitulate before" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to surrender or give in to something or someone. Example: After weeks of negotiation, the company finally capitulated before the demands of the striking workers, agreeing to increase their salaries and benefits.
9] warned Europe that Germany was powerful, ready for any eventuality and "determined not to capitulate before any one".
But De Oliveira is now wondering whether she should capitulate before a harsher deal is forced upon her.
A rapid defeat of the Red Army, he argued, would force Britain to capitulate before Roosevelt could coax a reluctant Congress into all-out support.
Both hijackings and all other forms of terrorism have been spreading ten fold precisely because everyone is ready to capitulate before them.
The Paisley side had briefly presented evidence that they were not prepared to capitulate before putting the Glasgow giants' resolve to the test.
In a speech on Friday night, Mr. Kase said Japan had been ready to capitulate before the bombings, making the destruction of the two cities unnecessary.
He should, if he wants to be remembered as a genuine reformer, not as another politician who capitulated before a pressure-group.
Australia, patently not at home on this surface in every sense, capitulated before an unbroken sequence of uniformly purposeful fast bowling.
It has been years since the Mets capitulated before the July 31 trade deadline, but if they did, Alomar represents one of the team's few commodities who could be attractive to other teams.
Ronald Koeman's side huffed and puffed after they went 1-0 down but City always looked the better team, even when Eliaquim Mangala was sent off with 16 minutes to go, and the really worrying thing for Saints was the way they capitulated before the end.
Although Tafel's force was intercepted by the Allies and capitulated before reaching the border, von Lettow-Vorbeck and his column was able to reach the Rovuma River.
