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Definition of Succumb
1. Verb. Consent reluctantly.
Generic synonyms: Accept, Consent, Go For
Specialized synonyms: Accede, Bow, Defer, Give In, Submit
Derivative terms: Yielding
2. Verb. Be fatally overwhelmed.
Generic synonyms: Buy The Farm, Cash In One's Chips, Choke, Conk, Croak, Decease, Die, Drop Dead, Exit, Expire, Give-up The Ghost, Go, Kick The Bucket, Pass, Pass Away, Perish, Pop Off, Snuff It
Antonyms: Survive
Definition of Succumb
1. v. t. To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
Definition of Succumb
1. Verb. (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To give up, or give in. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To die. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Succumb
1. to yield to superior force [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succumb
Literary usage of Succumb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... a change in the process of governmental discipline of the colonies—Expectation
that the colonies would succumb to the pressure thus laid upon them. II. ..."
2. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"The strongest of the horses, without baggage, could just reach the top of the
first ascent; weaker horses had to succumb. Two Indians, not seen before hero, ..."
3. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... Bloody Pursuit—Three of the Federals succumb to the Prowess of Forrest—The
Gallant Starnes First Under Fire—Kelley's Description of Forrest in Battle. ..."
4. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... Bloody Pursuit—Three of the Federals succumb to the Prowess of Forrest—The
Gallant Starnes First Under Fire—Kelley's Description of Forrest in Battle. ..."
5. History of the Grange Movement: Or, The Farmer's War Against Monopolies by James Dabney McCabe (1874)
"... the New York Stock Market—A Railroad the first to succumb—The Money Market on
the 17th of September—Scene in the Stock Exchange—The Panic begins—Failure ..."
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