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Definitions for Succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb
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Princeton's WordNet
yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb
consent reluctantly
succumb, yieldverb
be fatally overwhelmed
Wiktionary
succumbverb
To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
succumbverb
To give up, or give in.
Etymology: From succomber, from succumbere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Succumbverb
To yield; to sink under any difficulty. Not in use, except among the Scotch.
Etymology: succumbo, Latin; succomber, French.
To their wills we must succumb,
Quocunque trahunt, ’tis our doom. Hudibras.
ChatGPT
succumb
To succumb means to fail to resist pressure, temptation, illness, or any kind of negative force. It can also refer to dying from a disease or injury. Essentially, it is yielding or giving in to something overpowering or unavoidable.
Webster Dictionary
Succumbverb
to yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease
Etymology: [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Succumb
suk-kum′, v.i. to lie down under: to sink under: to yield, to submit, to die. [L. sub, under, cumbĕre, to lie down.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Succumb in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Succumb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Succumb in a Sentence
If we are to defeat our Democratic opponent in the general election this November, we must reach an agreement together with each other that we will not succumb to the media's desire for a fight on the stage in Detroit.
Donald Trump is a combination of Ross Perot and Howard Stern. And a Howard Stern doesn't succumb to controversy ; he thrives in it.
If there are cultural sites, cultural relics or an archaeological site of historical interest, unless there are measures taken to specifically provide protection from erosion or to keep the water out, then they will succumb eventually.
We know that these situations are not immediately life threatening, but the animal will eventually succumb to this if we don't rescue it.
The firing is a warning to the U.S. that if the U.S. keeps pressure and sanctions, the North will launch more powerful missiles, north Korea also wanted to show to its people that it will not succumb to the U.S. pressure during talks.
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- podlehnoutCzech
- sich ergeben, sterben, nachgeben, unterwerfen, erliegenGerman
- ceder, someterse, morir, rendirse, sucumbirSpanish
- تسلیمPersian
- antaa periksi, menehtyä, antautuaFinnish
- succomberFrench
- arrendersi, soccombereItalian
- 굴복하다Korean
- auhekeMāori
- bezwijkenDutch
- bukkeNorwegian
- morrer, desistir, sucumbirPortuguese
- уступа́тьRussian
- podlečiSlovene
- లొంగుTelugu
- 屈服于Chinese
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