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1
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
- he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair
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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
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3
to stop living
- the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed, and then he opened his eyes
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- bite the dust,
- buy it
- (or buy the farm),
- give up the ghost,
- kick the bucket,
- snuff it
- [British]
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4
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
- the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever
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The first known use of succumb was in 1604
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