succumb
verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield.
succumbed
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past participleof succumb.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof succumb.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
succumbverb (used without object)to give way to superior force; yield.
Example Sentences
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Yes, bears: crypto slang for people who think the price of Bitcoin is going to fall or who have in some other way succumbed to crypto pessimism.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Where Parker was the jazz-saxophone genius who succumbed to his excesses, Coltrane transcended his.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
While firefighters were able to reach Paul and Sheila inside the Mohican Road home, the couple succumbed to smoke inhalation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The British number one had finally succumbed to Croatia's Donna Vekic in a slow-burning Queen's final, unable to save a fifth Championship point and continue a match which she had admirably stoked into a scrap.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
