Synonyms for Succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb

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1. succumb

   Synonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, surrender, yield

   Antonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

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1. succumb

   Synonyms:
   surrender, comply, submit, acquiesce, yield, sink, resign

   Antonyms:
   resist, rise, contend, battle, fight, surmount

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1. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb

   consent reluctantly

   Synonyms:
   defer, render, ease up, grant, give way, pay, accede, relent, give, afford, knuckle under, give in, cede, concede, succumb, soften, move over, generate, return, buckle under, bow, yield, bear, submit

   Antonyms:
   come through, pull round, survive, make it, pull through

2. succumb, yieldverb

   be fatally overwhelmed

   Synonyms:
   ease up, grant, give way, pay, bear, relent, give, buckle under, afford, knuckle under, give in, concede, succumb, soften, move over, generate, cede, return, yield, render

   Antonyms:
   survive, come through, pull through, pull round, make it

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1. succumbverb

   Synonyms:
   yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way

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1. List of paraphrases for "succumb":

   succumbed

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1. President Barack Obama:

   Fear can lead us to lash out against those who are different or lead us to try to get some sinister 'other' under control, alternatively, fear can lead us to succumb to despair or paralysis or cynicism.

2. Denise Reed:

   If there are cultural sites, cultural relics or an archaeological site of historical interest, unless there are measures taken to specifically provide protection from erosion or to keep the water out, then they will succumb eventually.

3. Sergiy Kyslytsya:

   Members of the Security Council, The United Nations is sick, The United Nations's a matter of fact. Security Council's been hit by the virus spread by the Kremlin, will Security Council succumb to this virus ? Security Council is in the hands of the membership.

4. Adeyemi Okunowo:

   There are age-related medical complications that come with being pregnant at that age such as the baby being born preterm. She's lucky but many may succumb to other complications during or after having a baby.

5. Keith Mortman:

   For these patients who essentially present in progressive respiratory failure, the damage to the lungs is rapid and widespread( as evidenced in the VR video), unfortunately, once damaged to this degree, the lungs can take a long time to heal. For approximately 2-4 %( depending on which numbers you believe) of patients with Covid-19, the damage is irreversible and they will succumb to the disease.