succumb

Verb

Meaning

To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yield give in knuckle under buckle under miss bend quail fall budge pass die drop lose collapse fail
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Antonyms

survive last live fight achieve combat
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Hypernyms

pass accept die consent exit expire

Hyponyms

bow submit accede defer give in

Phrases with the word

succumb to

Derivatives

succumbed succumbing

Examples

Act 2 Scene 1: The sisters' bedroom main Despina urges them to succumb to the "Albanians"' overtures (aria: Una donna a quindici anni—"A fifteen year old woman"). Source: Internet

Ali bin Abdullah's increasing financial difficulties and inability to control striking oil workers and obstreperous sheikhs led him to succumb to British pressure. Source: Internet

And as befalls all those who succumb to the Siren’s call of easy money (or easy cabbage), it doesn’t take long for the pusher to become the addict. Source: Internet

But seriously folks, on this 50th Anniversary of our Republican status, it is hoped that our Disciplined Forces will not succumb to the blandishments of the PNC, which are based on what former PNC leader Desmond Hoyte called “kith and kin ties”. Source: Internet

A suspicious Frank switches his cup with hers, and Rynn watches on as he begins to succumb to the poison. Source: Internet

A handful of my close friends are aware of this, but for many months I struggled with the probability that I could potentially have and one day succumb to a form of cancer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

succulently succulentness succulous succumb to succumbence succumbent