Both Uses of
succumb
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- The apparently uninjured people who had died so mysteriously in the first few hours or days had succumbed in this first stage.†
Chpt 4 *succumbed = consented reluctantly; or suffered defeat
- He succumbed to the Japanese baseball mania.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat