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succumb
to stop resisting and yield to force, pressure, or illness
Synonyms
- yield
- surrender
- capitulate
Antonyms
- resist
- withstand
- prevail
succumb in a sentence
The rebels refused to succumb despite months of pressure.
Exhausted by the long siege, the defenders eventually succumbed.
Where it comes from
From Latin succumbere, meaning 'to yield or lie beneath.'
Memory hook
SUCCUMB sounds like 'sink under': to succumb is to give way under pressure.
Read it in context
- The Refusal at Ashdown Narrative