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What does succumb mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word succumb? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
  2. (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
  3. (intransitive) To die.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
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Most won't succumb to stem rot as quickly as soft-stemmed perennials, but it can happen just the same.
If you're a vegan, eschewing all animal products, you most likely turn up your nose at weak-willed vegetarians who succumb to cheese.
Of all the parasitic diseases, leishmaniasis is considered the most likely to succumb to vaccination.
I quickly succumb to the languor and indolence that harks back to a more leisurely era.
No animal is so fleet of foot or so powerful that it will not one day succumb to the jaws of the hyena.
Defying the odds and all medical predictions, the feisty St Lucian refused to succumb to her extensive injuries.

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