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verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
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Origin of succumb 1480â90; <Latin
succumbere, equivalent to
suc- suc- +
-cumbere, transitive derivative of
cubÄre to lie, recline; cf.
incumbent
OTHER WORDS FROM succumb suc·cumb·er, noun un·suc·cumb·ing, adjective
Words nearby succumb succour ,
succuba ,
succubous ,
succubus ,
succulent ,
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succursal ,
succuss ,
such ,
such and such ,
such as
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Words related to succumb bow ,
break down ,
buckle ,
capitulate ,
cave in ,
cease ,
defer ,
give in ,
give way ,
go down ,
pass away ,
perish ,
quit ,
wilt ,
yield ,
accede ,
cave ,
collapse ,
croak ,
decease
How to use succumb in a sentence Altogether, the team watched the brain activity of 39 people as they grappled with sticking with their choice or succumb ing to peer pressure.
Put an Angus bull on a tropical pasture and âheâs probably going to last maybe a month before he succumb s to the environment,â says Oatley, while a Nelore bull carrying Angus sperm would have no problem with the climate.
Benedict herself succumb ed to heart trouble several years later, in 1948.
Instead of succumb ing to the frogâs digestive juices, an eaten Regimbartia attenuata traverses the amphibianâs throat, swims through the stomach, slides along the intestines and climbs out the frogâs butt, alive and well.
In the 19th century, soldiers sent to Haiti by Napoleon Bonaparte to quash rebellion succumb ed to yellow fever, leading to Haitian independence and Napoleonâs sale of the territory of Louisiana to the United States.
Salia was the third patient to be treated in Nebraska, but the first to succumb to the disease.
Because we are surrounded by a world that demands we submit, succumb , and believe in nothing.
In the 21st century, however, we suppress the magic of it and succumb to the fear of it.
We've already seen Don resist temptation, and succumb to it, and resist it again.
Depending on the strain, anywhere from 50% to 90% of patients succumb within two weeks of infection.
And yet we must go on in one direction or the other or else succumb to sheer lassitude and overpowering drowsiness.
In short, was she or was she not the sort of woman to succumb to his attack?
The people of the expedition must either conquer or succumb .
By the time we had begun our examination Mary began to succumb to her mother's suggestions, and began to feel a trifle indisposed.
In the fort of Attock, Captain Herbert held out for a while, but in the end was forced to succumb .
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British Dictionary definitions for succumb
verb (intr often foll by to )
to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
Derived forms of succumb succumber , noun Word Origin for succumb C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubÄre to lie down
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