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suc·cumb  (s-km)

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.

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[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

Verb

succumb to

a. to give way to the force of or desire for (something)

b. to die of (a disease) [Latin succumbere]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	succumb - consent reluctantly buckle under, knuckle under, give in, yield consent, go for, accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" accede, give in, bow, defer, submit - yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
	2.	succumb - be fatally overwhelmed yield 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 (to), yield (to), submit (to), give in (to), give way (to), go under (to), cave in (to) (informal) capitulate (to), knuckle under (to) << OPPOSITE beat

2. (with to) (an illness) catch, fall victim to, fall ill with

Translations

succumb [səˈkʌm] vi → sucumbir

succumb [səˈkʌm] vi → succomber

succumb [səˈkʌm] vi to succumb to (temptation) → erliegen +dat;

(illness) (become affected by) → bekommen: (die of) → erliegen +dat

succumb [səˈkʌm] vi → soccombere

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succumb

v succumb [səˈkam]

to yield She succumbed to temptation and ate the chocolate.ingeeيَخْضَع، يَسْتَسْلِمподдавам сеpodlehnoutgive eftererliegenενδίδω, υποκύπτωsucumbir (a)järele andmaتسليم شدنantaa periksisuccomber (à)לְהִכָּנַעझुकना, हार मानना, मर जाना, अभिभूत होना, परास्त होना, का शिकार होनाpodleći (čemu), umrijeti (od čega)megadja magáttundukláta undansoccombere, cedere負ける(...에) 굴복하다, 지다pasiduoti, neišlaikytipadoties; nespēt pretoties (vilinājumam, slimībai u.tml.)tundukbezwijkengi etter forulegaćsucumbira ceda (la)поддатьсяpodľahnúťpodlečipodlećige efter, falla förจำนนyenilmek屈從поступитися; піддатисяمغلوب ہو جاناngừng kháng cự, thua屈从