succumb has definitions from the field of biology
1
[ verb ] consent reluctantly

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

Both Roman_Catholics and Protestants have succumbed to this temptation in the past .

Related terms

accept submit giving_up

2
[ verb ] (biology) be fatally overwhelmed

Synonyms

yield

Related terms

survive die

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