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succumbed

v.
C1 Advanced US //səˈkəmd// UK //səkˈʌmd// suc·cumbed

v. to stop fighting against something stronger than you. You use this when you finally give in to a temptation, an illness, or a person's pressure.

v. to yield to a superior force or an overpowering desire; to cease resistance. Often implies a finality, such as dying from an illness or failing to resist a moral temptation.


SIMPLE

He finally succumbed to the temptation and ate the cake.

CONTEXTUAL

After battling the infection for several weeks, the patient unfortunately succumbed to the illness late last night.

COMPLEX

The committee eventually succumbed to intense public pressure and voted to overturn the controversial decision regarding the new park.

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Intransitive verb that requires the preposition 'to' before the object.

Pitfall

he succumbed the pressurehe succumbed to the pressureSuccumb is an intransitive verb and must be followed by the preposition 'to' before its object.

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