succumb to a disease
1succumb to a disease — die from a disease, become a victim of a disease …
2succumb — v. (D; intr.) to succumb to (to succumb to smb. s urging; to succumb to a disease) * * * [sə kʌm] (D; intr.) to succumb to (to succumb to smb. s urging; to succumb to a disease) …
3Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables — There are a number of lines of defence against pests (that is, those animals that cause damage to the plants we grow) and diseases in the organic garden, principal among these being the practice of good husbandry, creating healthy soil and… …
4Succumb — Suc*cumb , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under… …
5succumb — ► VERB 1) fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.). 2) die from the effect of a disease or injury. ORIGIN Latin succumbere, from sub under + a verb related to cubare to lie …
6succumb — UK [səˈkʌm] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms succumb : present tense I/you/we/they succumb he/she/it succumbs present participle succumbing past tense succumbed past participle succumbed formal 1) to lose your ability to fight against someone… …
7Succumb — To lose the will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that you first opposed. In the context of illness, to succumb to an illness is to stop opposing it, to no longer battle it, but to die from it. Succumbing, like passing, has… …
8succumb — suc|cumb [ sə kʌm ] verb intransitive FORMAL 1. ) to lose your ability to fight against someone or something, and allow them to control or persuade you: First they said no, but eventually they succumbed. succumb to: She succumbed to temptation… …
9succumb — succumber, n. /seuh kum /, v.i. 1. to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair. 2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. [1480 90; < L succumbere, equiv. to suc SUC + cumbere, transit. deriv. of cubare to lie, recline;… …
10succumb — verb 1》 (often succumb to) fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.). 2》 die from the effect of a disease or injury. Origin C15 (in the sense bring low, overwhelm ): from OFr. succomber or L. succumbere, from sub under + a verb related to… …