succumb

intransitive verb

To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. synonym: yield.

To die, especially from a disease or injury.

To sink or give way under pressure or superior force; be defeated; yield; submit; hence, to die.

transitive verb

To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly.

verb

To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.