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SUCCUMB

\səkˈʌm], \səkˈʌm], \s_ə_k_ˈʌ_m]\

Definitions of SUCCUMB

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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be fatally overwhelmed

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

be fatally overwhelmed

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To yield; as, to succumb to a disease.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To yield; to submit; to sink unresistently.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To sink under; to submit; to yield.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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