to succumb
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6.6
- verb
- /səˈkʌm/
:
sucumbir
- After a long struggle with illness, he finally succumbed to the disease.
- succumb to pressure
- succumb to disease
- succumb to illness
Your fears are really fears of succumbing to your fears.
- Your fears are really fears of succumbing to your fears.
- It's shoved so strongly, so savagely at her, but she succumbs.
- They were still struggling, but what they didn't do was succumb.
- In fact, what panicked people tremendously was that young, healthy people were succumbing.
- The money matters more and the agencies succumb to that and information is concealed.
- So you're really going to need to white knuckle through this experience of going Gray rock and not succumb and not get into the mud with them again.
- By virtue of this natural selection of our kind, we have developed resisting power to no germs do we succumb without a struggle.
- And so he was very unlikely to succumb to going into Syria.
- And, and the tragic story that that ends it all is his, his mother eventually, you know, succumbs to, to the disease, ends up in a coma.
Examples
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His illness steadily worsened, and he succumbed to a stroke at the age of 44.
Academic text (1991) -
His father succumbed to the same sickness.
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And eventually you succumb, you crack, you become vulnerable.
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The world will succumb to the plague.
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How did you not just succumb to the depths of despair and stay there?
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And the person doesn't succumb to the disease.
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Even the strength of rock succumbed to the power of the ocean.
Fiction book (1999) -
The president lost nearly 100 pounds before he died, and ultimately succumbed to heart failure.
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Some succumb to dehydration and exposure.
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Finally, she succumbed to the darkness.
Synonyms
220
3.0
To stop resisting and agree to what others want
81
4.3
To stop resisting under pressure or force
71
6.7
To give in to pressure or demands
69
5.8
Fail to resist a strong feeling or pressure and give in
31
5.8
To stop resisting and allow something to happen, like a person giving in or a storm easing
23
8.4
To stop fighting back and accept defeat or demands
21
4.8
Give in to pressure or strong requests after resisting
5
7.6
To give in to pressure or demands from others
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How Resistant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Succumb comes from Latin parts sub- 'under' and cumbere 'to lie down'. So to succumb is to 'lie down under' an illness or force, which is why it can mean being overcome or dying from something.