SUCCUMBING Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

succumbing

verb

present participle of succumb

as in submitting

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 surrendering

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 dying

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 falling

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 succumbing The scene is played for comedy, of course, as well as an opportunity to demonstrate that the upstanding Rick is still capable of succumbing to an ethical lapse. —

Adam B. Vary, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 Commenters on Reddit were quick to voice their opinions, many applauding the man for standing his ground and not succumbing to his ex's demands. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 As the field progresses, staying informed about genuine advancements without succumbing to sensationalism will be key. —

Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 This is a sock that got my feet, ankles, shins, and calves through multiple days of skiing up to 20 miles without succumbing to fatigue. —

Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024 How does Reed manage to revisit some of the world’s most barbarous acts without succumbing to despair? —

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 The property is located on the Strip to the north of the track, which is just close enough to the action without succumbing to the congestion of being on the course itself. —

Rob Reed, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Rather than succumbing to intoxication over the killing of Nasrallah and lurching into a full-scale, devastating regional war against Iran, Israel should take advantage of its current battlefield edge and Hamas’s and Hezbollah’s weakened state. —

Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 In April, after succumbing to pressure from his core supporters, Netanyahu reneged on a deal with the United Nations to absorb African migrants from other Western countries. —

Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018

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Prosecutors accused the company of submitting false claims for Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for prescriptions patients never received, claiming Walgreens received tens of millions of dollars for the allegedly bogus prescriptions.

Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024