Monday, November 23, 2015

succumb

succumb     [suh-Kuhm] 

verb.  1)  give in or yield to something (temptation, fear, pressure, etc.).   2)  die from effects of disease or injury. 

"We do not succumb to fear." — President Obama on our fight against ISIL.

"Scientists do not succumb easily to superstition."

"Children are especially at risk of succumbing to the extreme cold."

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