SUCCUMBS Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

succumbs

verb

present tense third-person singular of succumb

as in submits

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair

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as in surrenders

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery

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as in dies

to stop living the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed, and then he opened his eyes

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as in falls

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever

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Recent Examples of succumbs Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, The Radiance, sometimes succumbs to this temptation. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 Wolf succumbs to Shura, a demonic force in the game’s mythology that possesses those who give in to bloodlust. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 When Mina’s closest friend Lucy succumbs to his thrall, the enigmatic Professor Van Helsing is summoned to wage war on this unfathomable threat. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 July 2026 If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 In season 3's closing stretch, Rue Bennett (Zendaya) succumbs to an accidental fentanyl overdose. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 How to Tackle Lawn Fungus Whether or not your lawn succumbs to a fungal disease is not entirely within your control. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 May 2026 In the May 10 episode of Marshals, Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) lose another of their former Navy SEAL teammates, as Garrett (Riley Green) succumbs to his injuries from a fire. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

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Thankfully, there’s still time to overhaul the CTP before the Moore administration submits its final plan to the General Assembly in January.

— Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026
The controversial budget maneuver occurs when a president submits a request to Congress to block funding so close to the end of the fiscal year that the funds can expire before Congress receives the full 45-day consideration period under the law.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of submits

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After five books that try to interpret Elizabeth Taylor, Waters simply surrenders to the vision.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the Harford County Humane Society tells CBS News Baltimore there have been 140 owner surrenders through the county's animal control this summer, which is double last summer's total.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrenders

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Children today are growing up around AI, robots and devices that once belonged to science fiction, and Yoshida concedes that reality has, in some ways, caught up with Doraemon’s gadgets.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Flock’s new safeguards show that the company concedes that design matters, but private settings cannot substitute for laws.

— Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of concedes

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Natural cosmic ray muography yields only about 1 muon per square centimeter per second.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Any investment that yields these kinds of financial returns, while also delivering new drugs, vaccines and useful knowledge, seems worth holding onto.

— Joshua R. Ehrlich, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of yields

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In July, Reeves shared a brief clip of test footage of the upcoming film, which included the first proper look at Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne in a new Batsuit as what appears to be snow falls around him.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Margins shrink, investment capacity falls and businesses have fewer resources to innovate or improve the underlying infrastructure.

— Sanjay Ghare, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of falls

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In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.

— Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025