succumb

IPA: sʌkˈʌm

verb

  • (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
  • (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
  • (intransitive) To die.
  • (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
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Examples of "succumb" in Sentences

  • Three workers succumb to injury.
  • He succumbed to the disease at the age of 42.
  • Don't succumb to these 3 common legal issues.
  • Eventually the two succumb to the elements and die.
  • He succumbed to tetanus 24 days after the accident.
  • But they also succumb to the peer pressure in the end.
  • Anarchy is a society's potentiality to succumb to anarchism.
  • Brusilov became ill and many of the crew succumbed to scurvy.
  • In the Christian camp, the leaders began to succumb to the epidemics.
  • Dow was the first of the Ingalls siblings to succumb to the ailment in 1941.

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