succumb
[verb]
Synonyms:
- surrender, capitulate, give in, submit, yield
- die, fall

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Related Idioms: hand over one's sword, meet one's Waterloo, show (or wave) the white flag, strike (or haul down) one's colors, bite the dust, take the count, yield one's breath
Related Words: abandon, relinquish, resign

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

suc‧cumb /səˈkʌm/ verb [intransitive] formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub- ( ⇒ sub-) + cumbere 'to lie down']

1. to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control Synonym : give in
succumb to
Succumbing to pressure from the chemical industry, Governor Blakely amended the regulations.
Gina succumbed to temptation and had a second serving of cake.

2. if you succumb to an illness, you become very ill or die of it
succumb to
About 400,000 Americans succumb each year to smoking-related illnesses.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

succumb
verb
ADV. almost | rapidly | eventually, finally | easily, readily people who succumb easily to exploitation
VERB + SUCCUMB be likely to
PREP. to Malnourished children are more likely to succumb to infections.

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