succumb

(sə-kŭm')
intr.v., -cumbed, -cumb·ing, -cumbs.

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

[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).]

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verb

1. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow¹, buckle, capitulate, submit, surrender, yield. Informal fold. See resist/yield.
2. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out. Informal crack up. Slang conk out. Idioms: give way. See health/sickness.
3. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish. Informal pop off. Slang check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meetone's endMaker, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live/die.

v

Definition: die or surrender
Antonyms: conquer, create, overcome, resist, win

For a list of words related to succumb, see:

• Dead or Dying - succumb: (vb) die, esp. from disease

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - bukke under, ligge under, dø

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezwijken, dood gaan, toegeven aan

Français (French)
v. intr. - succomber (à), mourir (de)

Deutsch (German)
v. - unterliegen, erliegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ενδίδω, υποκύπτω, πεθαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
soccombere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sucumbir

Русский (Russian)
не выдержать, уступить, погибнуть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - sucumbir, ceder

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - duka under, ge efter, falla, digna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
屈服, 死, 屈从

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 屈服, 死, 屈從

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (적군에) 무릎 꿇다, 압도당하다, 죽다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 屈服する, 圧倒される, 負ける, 倒れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخضع , يستسلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נכנע, לא עמד בפני, מת‬

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