succumb (səˈkʌm
)
Definitions
verb
(intr) often foll by
to - to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
- to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)
Alternative Forms
sucˈcumber noun Word Origin
C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down
Synonyms
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= surrender (to) yield (to) submit (to) give in (to) give way (to) go under (to) cave in (to) capitulate (to) knuckle under (to)
=
catch,
contract,
fall victim to die from
get,
develop,
pick up,
die of fall ill with become infected by come or go down with cark it from