succumb

Universal Words verb [V] ~ (to sth) to fail to resist an attack, an illness, a TEMPTATION, etc: The town succumbed after a short siege. * His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer. * He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request. * She succumbed to the temptation of another drink. * They were all offered bribes and some of them succumbed.