'Succumb' definitions:
Definition of 'succumb'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]
Definition of 'Succumb'
From: GCIDE
- Succumb \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'succumb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- accede,
- accept,
- acquiesce,
- assent,
- be agreeable,
- be done for,
- be lost,
- be no more,
- bite the dust,
- black out,
- blow,
- bow,
- bow to,
- break down,
- burn out,
- capitulate,
- cash in,
- cave,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to live,
- collapse,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- comply,
- conk out,
- consent,
- crack up,
- decease,
- defer,
- defer to,
- demise,
- depart,
- depart this life,
- die,
- disappear,
- droop,
- drop,
- end,
- expire,
- face the music,
- fade away,
- faint,
- fall,
- fall asleep,
- fall senseless,
- fatigue,
- flag,
- gasp,
- get tired,
- give out,
- give up,
- give way,
- give way to,
- go,
- go along with,
- go down,
- go out,
- go under,
- gray out,
- grow weary,
- have enough,
- jade,
- keel over,
- knock under,
- knuckle,
- knuckle down,
- knuckle under,
- knuckle under to,
- lick the dust,
- live with it,
- lose,
- lose out,
- lose the day,
- not resist,
- obey,
- pant,
- part,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass on,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- peg out,
- perish,
- peter out,
- play out,
- poop out,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- put off mortality,
- quit this world,
- relent,
- relinquish,
- resign,
- return to dust,
- run down,
- run out,
- say uncle,
- sink,
- stop breathing,
- submit,
- submit to,
- succumb to,
- surrender,
- swallow it,
- swallow the pill,
- swoon,
- take,
- take it,
- take the count,
- tire,
- tumble,
- up and die,
- vanish,
- weary,
- wheeze,
- wilt,
- yield,
- yield the ghost,
- yield to