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, 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, 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. Marco Rubio:

   President Obama has hoped that being more open to China would make them a more responsible nation. It has not worked. We can no longer succumb to the illusion that more dialogue with China's current rulers will narrow the gap in values and interests that separates us, our nominee must have a plan to correct U.S.-China relations.

2. Russell Geekie:

   During a famine, death does not necessarily come from starvation, but often from disease as weakened people succumb.

3. Lisa Haisha:

   Without an ego, we have fuzzy boundaries and lose ourselves in other people. We succumb to guilt, and we say yes when we should or want to say no. A healthy ego helps us maintain boundaries.

4. Paul Kagame:

   There is no way to fully comprehend the loneliness and anger of survivors and yet over and over again we have asked them to make the sacrifices necessary to give our nation new life. Emotions had to be put in a box, we are far better Rwandans than we were. But we can be even better still. We are the last people in the world who should succumb to complacency.

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.