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suc·cumb

  [suh-kuhm]

verb (used without object)

1.

to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.

2.

to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

Definition of SUCCUMB

intransitive verb

1

: to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire <succumb to temptation>

2

: to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces

suc·cumb 

(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.
2. To die.