SUCCUMBS Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

succumbs

verb

present tense third-person singular of succumb

as in submits

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 surrenders

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 dies

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 falls

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 succumbs Vhagar dies in the crash and Caraxes succumbs to his injuries a few days after crawling out and into the bowls of Harrenhal. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 When Mina’s closest friend Lucy succumbs to his thrall, the enigmatic Professor Van Helsing is summoned to wage war on this unfathomable threat. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 July 2026 If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 In season 3's closing stretch, Rue Bennett (Zendaya) succumbs to an accidental fentanyl overdose. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 How to Tackle Lawn Fungus Whether or not your lawn succumbs to a fungal disease is not entirely within your control. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 May 2026 In the May 10 episode of Marshals, Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) lose another of their former Navy SEAL teammates, as Garrett (Riley Green) succumbs to his injuries from a fire. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 Inspired by a drawing made by his nephew, the work unfolds as a sequence of panels in which the titular child, Julian, succumbs to illness. — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026

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When a student submits a paper written by a chatbot instead of their own work, should this be considered plagiarism?

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Firewise is a national program where each community of eight to 200 homes works together to create defensible space and clear brush, agrees to continue the work annually and submits an application to Firewise USA.

— Chuck Page, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of submits

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Meanwhile, the Harford County Humane Society tells CBS News Baltimore there have been 140 owner surrenders through the county's animal control this summer, which is double last summer's total.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Summer is usually the busiest season for shelters, officials said, as more stray animals, owner surrenders and vulnerable kittens arrive.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrenders

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Cary then dies from a gunshot wound during a car case, and that swerve was not a part of the source material.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
The game feels far away, and the sounds float up to the cavernous space below the roof where the noise dies.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of dies

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Jacques told them that the couple would only have ownership once the gallery paid the estate, but, in her court filing, Jacques concedes that was incorrect.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The lesson here – and one the NBCU-Peacock-YouTube deal concedes – is that a media company just isn’t the mountain that Mohammed goes to – the consumers are the mountain.

— Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of concedes

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This process yields short-chain fatty acids, such as acetate, butyrate, and propionate, which serve as an energy source for cells lining the colon, strengthen the intestinal barrier, regulate inflammation, and influence systemic metabolism.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
The film’s observational intensity yields a form of symbolic realism that highlights both the action and its import—both the drama and the ideas and systems that undergird it.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of yields

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When Cantu reaches towards Lopez and screams his wife’s name, a shot rings out and Lopez falls slightly off camera.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Rather than extra long hair, think of a cut that falls somewhere below the collarbone, with enough layering or movement to keep it from feeling heavy.

— Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of falls

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In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.

— Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025