Meaning & use
succumb
To stop resisting and give in to something overpowering, such as pressure, temptation, illness, or death.
See it in a sentence
After weeks of persuasion, he finally succumbed to his friends' pleas to join the trip.
The old oak tree eventually succumbed to the disease that had spread through the forest.
A note on using this word
Succumb is followed by "to," as in "succumb to pressure" or "succumb to an illness," and often implies a loss after a struggle.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
resistwithstand
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