Succumb
verb
To not be able to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
After refusing for the longest time, I finally succumbed to my friend's persuasion to try sushi.
Often appears as...
- succumb to pressure
- succumb to temptation
verb
To die or suffer badly from an illness.
Grandma succumbed to her illness last night.
Often appears as...
- succumb to cancer
- succumb to infection
verb
To not be able to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
After refusing for the longest time, I finally succumbed to my friend's persuasion to try sushi.
Often appears as...
- succumb to pressure
- succumb to temptation
verb
To die or suffer badly from an illness.
Grandma succumbed to her illness last night.
Often appears as...
- succumb to cancer
- succumb to infection
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Force
Use 'succumb' when giving in to something negative or harmful.
Despite wanting to save money, he succumbed to the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Succumb' often implies a struggle before giving in.
She succumbed to tears after the overwhelming news.
Pro Tip 3/3Extended Battles
Use it for long-term resistances, not a quick decision.
He fought the urge but finally succumbed to smoking again.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Force
Use 'succumb' when giving in to something negative or harmful.
Despite wanting to save money, he succumbed to the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Succumb' often implies a struggle before giving in.
She succumbed to tears after the overwhelming news.
Pro Tip 3/3Extended Battles
Use it for long-term resistances, not a quick decision.
He fought the urge but finally succumbed to smoking again.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Force
Use 'succumb' when giving in to something negative or harmful.
Despite wanting to save money, he succumbed to the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Succumb' often implies a struggle before giving in.
She succumbed to tears after the overwhelming news.
Pro Tip 3/3Extended Battles
Use it for long-term resistances, not a quick decision.
He fought the urge but finally succumbed to smoking again.
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necessary for biological functions to occur. The breaking down of these arrangements when the entire cell succumbs to entropy is what eventually results in death. This is the reason organisms can't be simply sparked back to life once they've already died.
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especially when faced by some of the most powerful lobbies in the world. But it doesn't require a miracle. It just requires determined organization. So we shouldn't succumb to defeatism. Whenever someone says,
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deeper still the pressures grow so great that these chunks of soot are likely transformed into diamonds but even these diamonds will succumb to the pressures of Saturn eventually liquefying
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it's as large as the alpha male wolf the calf is still one against mental without the help of the turn the calf eventually succumbs to attack a few days later the
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in my body for the longest time helped me really separate what are physical things and what are my spiritual components i don't think that i succumbed to my
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At last, she succumbs to his advances and allows him to mate with her.
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at last she succumbs to his advances and allows him to mate with her
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at last she succumbs to his advances and
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at last she succumbs to his advances and
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necessary for biological functions to occur. The breaking down of these arrangements when the entire cell succumbs to entropy is what eventually results in death. This is the reason organisms can't be simply sparked back to life once they've already died.
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Yuval Noah Harari: The...
especially when faced by some of the most powerful lobbies in the world. But it doesn't require a miracle. It just requires determined organization. So we shouldn't succumb to defeatism. Whenever someone says,
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On Saturn, It Literally...
deeper still the pressures grow so great that these chunks of soot are likely transformed into diamonds but even these diamonds will succumb to the pressures of Saturn eventually liquefying
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Musk Ox vs. Wolves PIPE...
it's as large as the alpha male wolf the calf is still one against mental without the help of the turn the calf eventually succumbs to attack a few days later the
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Growing Up Transgender...
in my body for the longest time helped me really separate what are physical things and what are my spiritual components i don't think that i succumbed to my
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Spider Dances For His...
At last, she succumbs to his advances and allows him to mate with her.
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Best Spider Moments PIPE...
at last she succumbs to his advances and allows him to mate with her
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
at last she succumbs to his advances and
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Nature's Greatest...
at last she succumbs to his advances and
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The Life Story...
at last she succumbs to his advances and
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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Sally Ride
American Astronaut
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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Eli Roth
American Director
There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
We inhabit a world where we're taught that we can have what we desire, and tend to act on it - the least we can do is admit to it when we succumb to our instincts.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation with no values.
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Kit Williams
Author
She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian Scientist
The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
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Ananya Birla
Indian Musician
I don't succumb to pressure.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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Sally Ride
American Astronaut
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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Eli Roth
American Director
There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
We inhabit a world where we're taught that we can have what we desire, and tend to act on it - the least we can do is admit to it when we succumb to our instincts.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation with no values.
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Kit Williams
Author
She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian Scientist
The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
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Ananya Birla
Indian Musician
I don't succumb to pressure.
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