succumb

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb consent reluctantly
  2. verb be fatally overwhelmed

Etymology

From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.

In classic literature

Synonyms

yield, give in, knuckle under, buckle under

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