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单词 succumb
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succumb

[ suh-kuhm ]
/ səˈkʌm /
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verb (used without object)

to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

Origin of succumb

1480–90; <Latin succumbere, equivalent to suc-suc- + -cumbere, transitive derivative of cubāre to lie, recline; cf. incumbent

SYNONYMS FOR succumb

1 submit, accede, surrender.
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OTHER WORDS FROM succumb

suc·cumb·er, nounun·suc·cumb·ing, adjective

Words nearby succumb

succour, succuba, succubous, succubus, succulent, succumb, succursal, succus, succuss, such, such and such
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British Dictionary definitions for succumb

succumb
/ (səˈkʌm) /

verb (intr often foll by to)

to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)
to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc); die (of)

Derived forms of succumb

succumber, noun

Word Origin for succumb

C15: from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down
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