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Bookmark or Share- Succumb - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comOther forms: succumbed; succumbing; succumbs. Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury. If you succumb to cancer, it means you die of it.
- SUCCUMB Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comverb (used without object) to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair. Synonyms: surrender, accede, submit. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. succumb. / səˈkʌm / verb. to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for) to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of) Discover More.
- SUCCUMB | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryverb [ I ] us / səˈkʌm / Add to word list. to lose the determination to oppose something, or to give up and accept something that you first opposed: She succumbed to temptation and had a second helping of ice cream. If you succumb to an illness, you die from it.
- SUCCUMBED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryverb [ I ] formal uk / səˈkʌm / us / səˈkʌm / C2. to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat: The town finally succumbed last week after being pounded with heavy artillery for more than two months. I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.
- Succumb Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webstersuccumbed; succumbing; succumbs. Synonyms of succumb. intransitive verb. 1. : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire. succumb to temptation. 2. : to be brought to an end (such as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces.
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