Dictionary entries for 'succumb'

Synonyms

bow
buckle
capitulate
submit
surrender
yield
break
cave in
collapse
crack
drop
give out
decease
demise
depart
die
drop
expire
go
pass away

suc·cumb (sə-kŭḿ)

[Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield, sub-, sub-, + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).]

intransitive verb: -cumbed, -cumb·ing, -cumbs.

To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See synonyms at yield
To die.

intransitive verb: -cumbed, -cumb·ing, -cumbs.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition