1. fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force: "he has become the latest to succumb to the strain"Similaryieldgive ingive waysubmitsurrendercapitulatecave inbe overcome bybe overwhelmed bybe conquered bybe beaten byOppositeresistconquer
▪ die from the effect of a disease or injury:"after a few blows there, the porcupine succumbs"Similardie fromdie ofpass away as a result ofbe a fatality ofcatchdevelopcontractpick upgetbecome infected withsuffer fromfall victim tofall ill withinformal:come/go down withOppositewithstand
Word Originlate 15th century (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.
