Definition of SUCCUMBS

Lepanto occupies a curious military fault line between ancient and modern. It was fought with galleys almost identical to those that had clashed in this same gulf sixteen centuries before, when the ships of Antony and Cleopatra succumbed to those of Octavian at the Battle of Actium. —Colin Thubron, New York Times Book Review, 9 Apr. 2009 Last spring, the Knight Ridder chain succumbed to pressure from its largest private investor and sold off its entire lineup of 32 papers to the McClatchy Co. for more than $4 billion. —Eric Klinenberg, Mother Jones, March/April 2007 Yet after Paul died in 1978 and his successor John Paul I succumbed to a heart attack only 34 days into his papacy, Wojyla was so oblivious to his impending fate that he spent the first day of the new papal conclave nonchalantly browsing through a quarterly review of Marxist theory. —David Van Biema, Time, 11 Apr. 2005 Interviews with cadets, police officers and investigators trying to crack down on crime inside Mexico City's 80,000-officer force revealed that even the most earnest cops often succumb to the temptations that are both plentiful and low risk. —Alan Zarembo, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2000

They will pressure you, and you must try not to succumb. he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair

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Paramedics took her to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was succumbed to her injuries Monday, Bess said. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 Prequel Dexter: Original Sin, featuring a young Dexter eventually succumbing to his bloodlust, recently aired its finale. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025 The choice is simple: succumb to the pressure and accept a life where joy is overshadowed by trauma or transform challenges into opportunities to evolve. —Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 It was based on an article in Outside written by Peter Stark, in which a fictional character drives off the road in a snowstorm, tries to ski his way out, and nearly succumbs to the cold. —Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for succumb