succumb
English
Etymology
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈkʌm/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌm
Verb
succumb (third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed)
- (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
- succumb to temptation
- succumb under misfortunes
- Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization.
- 2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
- Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:
- Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building has succumbed to closure, due to the pandemic.
- (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
- (intransitive) To die.
- succumb to pneumonia
- (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
- 2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different, →ISBN:
- He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.
- 2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, →ISBN, page 455:
- She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt.
- 2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History, →ISBN:
- Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.
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Synonyms
- (die): See also Thesaurus:die
Translations
to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire — See also translations at yield
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to give up, or give in
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to die
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to overwhelm
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References
- “succumb”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.