succumb
to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
Origin of succumb
1Other words for succumb
Other words from succumb
- suc·cumb·er, noun
- un·suc·cumb·ing, adjective
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How to use succumb in a sentence
Altogether, the team watched the brain activity of 39 people as they grappled with sticking with their choice or succumbing to peer pressure.
This Is How Your Brain Responds to Social Influence | Shelly Fan | August 25, 2020 | Singularity HubPut an Angus bull on a tropical pasture and “he’s probably going to last maybe a month before he succumbs to the environment,” says Oatley, while a Nelore bull carrying Angus sperm would have no problem with the climate.
Biotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will It Succeed? | Dyllan Furness | August 16, 2020 | Singularity HubBenedict herself succumbed to heart trouble several years later, in 1948.
Instead of succumbing to the frog’s digestive juices, an eaten Regimbartia attenuata traverses the amphibian’s throat, swims through the stomach, slides along the intestines and climbs out the frog’s butt, alive and well.
Water beetles can live on after being eaten and excreted by a frog | Jonathan Lambert | August 3, 2020 | Science NewsIn the 19th century, soldiers sent to Haiti by Napoleon Bonaparte to quash rebellion succumbed to yellow fever, leading to Haitian independence and Napoleon’s sale of the territory of Louisiana to the United States.
Salia was the third patient to be treated in Nebraska, but the first to succumb to the disease.
Was Flying Hero Doctor With Ebola to the U.S. the Wrong Call? | Abby Haglage | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause we are surrounded by a world that demands we submit, succumb, and believe in nothing.
The NRA’s Multimillion-Dollar New Ad Campaign Is Despicable | Michael Daly | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the 21st century, however, we suppress the magic of it and succumb to the fear of it.
Twin Disasters Turn 2014 Into the Year of Flying Dangerously | Clive Irving | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe've already seen Don resist temptation, and succumb to it, and resist it again.
Mad Men’s Dramatic Déjà Vu: ‘Time Zones’ Feels Redundant | Andrew Romano | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDepending on the strain, anywhere from 50% to 90% of patients succumb within two weeks of infection.
Already Deadly in Africa, Could Ebola Hit America Next? | Scott Bixby | April 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet we must go on in one direction or the other or else succumb to sheer lassitude and overpowering drowsiness.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryIn short, was she or was she not the sort of woman to succumb to his attack?
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'AnnunzioThe people of the expedition must either conquer or succumb.
The Tiger Hunter | Mayne ReidBy the time we had begun our examination Mary began to succumb to her mother's suggestions, and began to feel a trifle indisposed.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerIn the fort of Attock, Captain Herbert held out for a while, but in the end was forced to succumb.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for succumb
/ (səˈkʌm) /
to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
Origin of succumb
1Derived forms of succumb
- succumber, noun
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