Meaning Of The Word Succumb

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succumb
verb: If you succumb to an illness, you become affected by it or die from it.
verb: If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.

succumb in American English
to give way (to); yield; submit
intransitive verb: to give way to superior force; yield

succumb in British English
verb: to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)

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