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Meanings of succumbs in English

Russian
умереть
Portuguese
morreu
Spanish
murió
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defunció
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Permanent cessation of vital functions.

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    Usage of succumbs in English
    1
    Once in a while Prince Adelsberg succumbs to the, rules of etiquette.
    The Northern Light
    2
    And how frequently the feeble life succumbs and the lately-born infant dies.
    The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church
    3
    Shortly afterwards he succumbs on the operating table for no apparent reason.
    The new yorker
    4
    But she finally succumbs under the influence of the following refined vituperation:-
    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September...
    5
    Yet even the gayest of tempers succumbs at last to constant friction.
    The Education of Henry Adams
    6
    Page never succumbs to the cuteness such a sassy character might encourage.
    Reuters
    7
    When will is bitter against intellect, it is the latter that succumbs.
    Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters
    8
    Unless the soldiers are made of very stern stuff, physical endurance succumbs.
    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
    9
    It is a sudden, uncontrollable rush of passion to which Marguerite succumbs.
    A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
    10
    If he succumbs to it, I dinna know what darkness will follow.
    The grail king
    11
    Her own reason, which succumbs to her love, is the precious token.
    Shakspere and Montaigne / An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency o...
    12
    After a long siege he succumbs to famine, surrenders and is executed.
    The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beo...
    13
    But suddenly he or she becomes faint, and succumbs to heart disease.
    The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal ...
    14
    March 2011 In a major concession, Labour succumbs to notion of water charges.
    The Irish Times
    15
    He secures an unexpected breakthrough, but ultimately succumbs to drugs, violence and self-absorption.
    The Irish Times
    16
    The parliament succumbs in the attempts to regain possession of the administrative power.
    The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte