səˈkəm intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere to fall down, yield, from sub- + -cumbere to lie down (akin to Latin cubare to lie down) — more at hip
1. : to yield and cease to resist or contend before a superior strength, overpowering appeal or desire, or inexorable force
succumbed to her drowsiness — Willa Cather
the free economic system succumbed to the strains of war — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich
2. : to cease to exist : die
disease ravaged the voyagers, more than half of whom succumbed — American Guide Series: North Carolina
590 businesses succumbed — Dun's Review
Synonyms: see yield