SUCCUMBING Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

succumbing

verb

present participle of succumb

as in submitting

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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as in surrendering

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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as in dying

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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as in falling

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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Recent Examples of succumbing Shepard uses her last ounce of strength to kill the final hitman before succumbing to her injuries. —

Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 And the bumbling nature of Lesgate, with Jones playing the internal conflicts sharply, comes with succumbing to the horrid nature of what money can bring. —

David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 In a dramatic departure from the novels, Kay and Dorothy’s father died in an armed robbery, rather than succumbing to leukemia. —

Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026 People are over-relying on the technology, and even succumbing to the illusion that the car is the one driving, said Scott Moura, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley. —

Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026 That is the birthdate of Somner, who died in late 2024 at age 57, succumbing to anaplastic thyroid cancer. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026 Between Matty Cash’s strike for Villa to defeat City in October and Arsenal succumbing to one of Brentford’s infamously long throws in February, the Premier League pendulum swung 11 times during 18 gameweeks. —

Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026 Dennis Henigan, vice president for legal and regulatory affairs at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said his advocacy group worries the FDA is succumbing to pressure from the tobacco and vaping industry with its new guidance. —

Sarah Todd, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026 Hind's cousin was later killed in another close-range attack, while Hind died several hours later after succumbing to wounds while waiting for help. —

Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026

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Given this narrowing, many of us refrained from submitting our books for consideration to your awards or declined to engage with your programs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
One key role for physicians in submitting billing requests to Medicare is to provide certification that the patient is indeed suffering from a terminal illness.

— Grace Manthey, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026