succumbed
Lost the fight
Succumbed is the past tense of succumb, meaning to yield to a superior force or overwhelming desire.
You succumb to temptation, pressure, or illness.
When someone succumbs to injuries, they die from them: He succumbed to his wounds three days after the accident.
The word implies resistance that ultimately fails.
Ceased resistance formally
- yieldedGave way or produced
- gave inStopped resisting pressure
- cavedSurrendered after resistance
- relentedStopped resisting, softened
submitted · acquiesced · conceded · capitulated · folded · buckled · bowed · deferred
Gave way or produced
- gave inStopped resisting pressure
- indulgedYielded to desire
- cavedSurrendered after resistance
- weaknessDeficiency in force
tempted · seduced · lured · enticed · swayed · persuaded · couldn't resist · fell for
Ceased to live
- perishedCeased living violently
- passed awayDied, said gently
- expiredNo longer in effect
- deceasedNo longer living
departed · fatal · mortality · demise · claimed · taken · fatality · fell victim
Prevail against difficulty
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- beatenHaving lost a contest
subdued · bested · crushed · overwhelmed · fell · collapsed · undone · outmatched
Suffering from something harmful
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- contractedReduced in size
- deterioratedBecame worse over time
weakened · ravaged · overcome · bedridden · terminal · fatal · debilitated · worsened
surrendered
Ceased resistance formally
relented · submitted · acquiesced · conceded · capitulated · folded · buckled · bowed · deferred · complied
yielded
Gave way or produced
weakness · tempted · seduced · lured · enticed · swayed · persuaded · couldn't resist · fell for · drawn in
died
Ceased to live
- perishedCeased living violently
- passed awayDied, said gently
- expiredNo longer in effect
deceased · departed · fatal · mortality · demise · claimed · taken · fatality · fell victim · gave up the ghost
overcome
Prevail against difficulty
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
beaten · subdued · bested · crushed · overwhelmed · fell · collapsed · undone · outmatched · outclassed
afflicted
Suffering from something harmful
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- contractedReduced in size
deteriorated · weakened · ravaged · overcome · bedridden · terminal · fatal · debilitated · worsened · declined
succumbedresisted
Refused to yield
withstood · endured · persevered · held out · weathered
succumbedsurvived
Remained alive through hardship
lived · pulled through · recovered · made it · bounced back