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to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)<Mom finally succumbed and let us go to the movies>— see yield 3
2
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)<refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery>— see yield 1
3
to stop living<the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed, and then he opened his eyes>— see die 1
4
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces<the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever>— see fall 2
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