Succumb meaning: Use the verb succumb

Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury. If you succumb to cancer, it means you die of it. Succumb means to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire, or to die, especially from a disease or injury. See synonyms, related words, verb forms, and translations of succumb in different languages. verb (used without object) to give way to superior force; yield. to succumb to despair. Synonyms: surrender, accede, submit to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. Definition of succumb verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.