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suc·cumb
(sə-kŭm′)intr.v. suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs
1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield.
2. To die, especially from a disease or injury.
[Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield : sub-, sub- + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).]
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succumb
(səˈkʌm)vb
1. to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
2. to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
[C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down]
sucˈcumber n
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suc•cumb
(səˈkʌm)v.i.
1. to give way to superior force; yield.
2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
[1480–90; < Latin succumbere=suc- suc- + -cumbere, transitive derivative of cubāre to lie, recline; compare incumbent]
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succumb
Past participle: succumbed
Gerund: succumbing
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| Verb | 1. | succumb - consent reluctantly |
| 2. | succumb - be fatally overwhelmed croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
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succumb
verb
1. (often with to) surrender, yield, submit, give in, give way, go under, cave in (informal), capitulate, knuckle under Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.
surrender beat, master, overcome, conquer, rise above, triumph over, get the better of, surmount
surrender beat, master, overcome, conquer, rise above, triumph over, get the better of, surmount
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succumb
verb1. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength:
Informal: fold.
3. To cease living:
Informal: pop off.
Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.
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Translations
يَخْضَع، يَسْتَسْلِم
podlehnout
give efter
antaa periksiantautuamenehtyä
láta undan
nespēt pretoties
podľahnúť
podleči
yenilmek
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succumb
[səˈkʌm] vi to succumb to (temptation, illness) → soccombere a; (entreaties, charms) → cedere aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
succumb
(səˈkam) verb to yield. She succumbed to temptation and ate the chocolate.
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