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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On Wednesday, his lawyer Ménya Arab-Tigrine denied any wrongdoing by Siad—who was in his late sixties—suggesting he might have succumbed to the stress of being under public scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is what it feels like to live in a society that has succumbed to what the late psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton described as “malignant normality.”
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
"The person concerned, a compatriot aged 28, unfortunately succumbed to the disease before the diagnosis was confirmed," the spokesman added.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Gibb, a former professional wrestler under the name “Don Gibb,” succumbed to “health complications,” according to his son.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The outsiders, of course, thought that Remedios the Beauty had finally succumbed to her irrevocable fate of a queen bee and that her family was trying to save her honor with that tale of levitation.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
