Succumb
vAntonymSpellingRoot wordSSC PYQ × 4सकम
To be unable to resist an attack, pressure or temptation
To give way to pressure, force or temptation.
Fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
घुटने टेक देना/ कमजोर पड़ना
परास्त होना
The old fort finally succumbed to the enemy attack.
Radhika refused to succumb to pressure and kept studying.
He finally succumbed to the pressure and agreed.
Daily use: Itne pressure mein bhi Radhika succumb nahi hui, aakhir tak ladti rahi.
याद रखने के लिए succumb में sub (नीचे) और cumber (भारी बोझ, जैसे cumbersome) सुनिए; भारी बोझ के नीचे दबकर इंसान घुटने टेक देता है। Succumb यानी हार मान लेना। इसका उल्टा resist और overcome है।
To remember SUCCUMB, hear SUB (under) and CUMBER (a heavy load, as in cumbersome): picture a man crushed under a heavy load until he kneels and gives up. To succumb is to be unable to fight any more. Its opposites are resist and overcome.
Succumb के antonym overcome, resist, prevail और conquer हैं; yield, surrender और capitulate synonym हैं। 'Succumb to' के साथ आता है।
Overcome, resist, prevail and conquer are the antonyms; yield, surrender and capitulate are synonyms. Note the phrase 'succumb to' (succumb to pressure).