Catch and Succumb

Catch

Catch verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot

Succumb and catch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Succumb" instead a verb "Catch".

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Succumb

Succumb verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

Catch and succumb are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead a verb "Succumb".

Nearby Word: succumbing

Common collocations

death catch death succumb death
time catch time succumb time

Both words in one sentence

  • The catch being that eventually, they inevitably succumb to a deadly virus and die.
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