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third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed
(intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. quotations examples
Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.
2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building has succumbed to closure, due to the pandemic.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28
(intransitive) To give up, or give in. examples
(intransitive) To die. examples
(transitive) To overwhelm or bring down. quotations examples
He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.
2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different
She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt.
2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, page 455
Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.
2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History