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   succumb

   /səˈkʌm/

   verb

   • 1. fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force: "we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair" Similar yieldgive ingive waysubmitsurrendercapitulatecave inbe overcome bybe overwhelmed bybe conquered bybe beaten byOpposite resistconquer
   • ▪ die from the effect of a disease or injury: "after a few blows there, the porcupine succumbs" Similar die fromdie ofpass away as a result ofbe a fatality ofcatchdevelopcontractpick upgetbecome infected withsuffer fromfall victim tofall ill withinformal:come/go down withOpposite withstand

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.

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   SUCCUMB definition: 1. to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat: 2. to die or suffer badly from…. Learn more.

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   1. : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire. succumb to temptation. 2. : to be brought to an end (such as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces. Did you know?

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   SUCCUMB meaning: 1. to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat: 2. to die or suffer badly from…. Learn more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUCCUMB definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.

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   Succumb definition: to give way to superior force; yield. See examples of SUCCUMB used in a sentence.

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   Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury.

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   1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield. 2. To die, especially from a disease or injury. [Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield : sub-, sub- + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).]