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Common collocations with succumb in American Collocation

succumb verb intransitive

US /səˈkʌm/

finally

eventually
finally
ultimately

Sadly the tree may be dead having finally succumbed to years of assault.

quickly

easily
quickly
rapidly
soon

Professor Longair exuded such infectious enthusiasm that we quickly succumbed to his charm.

slowly

gradually
slowly

He gradually succumbed to the disease and died peacefully in his sleep.

an attractive quality

charm
lure
temptation

Sometimes a student succumbs to the temptation to cheat as the only means of catching up.

an illness or injury

attack
cancer
disease
illness
infection
injury
wound

Many men who survived the initial amputation succumbed later to bacterial infections.

an influence

effect
influence
power
pressure

Three of them succumbed to the effects of the gas.