succumb
verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield.
have succumbed
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present perfectof succumb.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Two months later, Altman appears to have succumbed to temptation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The widow of a police officer who died of a heart attack aged 48 said there was "no reason" why he should have succumbed to an unknown cardiac defect.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government posted on social media platform X on Saturday, saying that “hundreds … have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries.”
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
That is, a photo montage depicting a fraction of the 40 million people who, according to World Health Organization statistics, have succumbed to the disease.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
She would have walked beneath yellow-ringed pines rising to a brilliant eastern sky, and her senses would have succumbed to the joy of the morning.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
