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Definition

consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat

Everyone insisted she attend and she finally succumbed.

succumbed = consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat

She predicted that 40% of Atlantic salmon would succumb to the disease.

succumb = suffer defeat (die from)

They had less than a month left before they succumbed to old very old age.
Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
Perhaps he was in danger of acting from obstinacy; perhaps it was his duty to succumb.
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
Unfortunately, Fidel had many health problems, and at fifty-nine years old he succumbed to a heart attack and joined his mother and father in heaven.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
Four more Urgals succumbed to Zar'roc's thirsty bite, then Murtagh rode up beside Eragon, driving the press of Urgals backward.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
Clayton had to force himself not to succumb to panic.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
I guess that's why, when he inevitably succumbed to his most shocking injuries, they had accorded him that barbaric tribal finale.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
I think the prospect of many healthy years reunited with his son gnawed at his mind until he succumbed at last.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
Fay and Jane succumbed to an exhaustion that manifested itself the moment relaxation set in, and they, too, fell asleep.
Zane Grey -- The Rainbow Trail
Only you can shoot it without succumbing to the disease.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
He rose and moved about with a painful effort, succumbing now and again to attacks of nausea.
Willa Cather -- Paul's Case
If he had been armed I am sure he would have leaped across the table and we would have grappled on the floor until either he or I had succumbed.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
Thus far I had succumbed supinely to this imperious domination.
Edgar Allan Poe -- William Wilson
You succumbed to flattery and vanity.
Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
Some girls die or suffer lifelong injuries, but there is no data; a girl who dies after being cut is usually said to have succumbed to malaria.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
Four days ago, one of the king's own squires had succumbed to cold and hunger, a boy named Bryen Farring who'd been kin to Ser Godry.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
The scout that Bernie Kosar is choking finally succumbs to death and bursts into a heap of ash covering the dog's face.
Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
In the past, there were many children who never survived—they succumbed to various diseases.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
In the end the red weed succumbed almost as quickly as it had spread.
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds

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