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. 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.

2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Only he qualifies to be an INDIVIDUAL, who has created an IMAGE for himself, in tune with his INTRINSIC NATURE, for majority only succumb to the human stupidity and perish!

3. Svenja Schulze:

   We should support communities with clean air programs instead of letting ourselves succumb to diversionary tactics, that includes, for example, pushing for retrofits of diesel cars as quickly as possible.

4. 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.

5. Russell Geekie:

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