Continue and Succumb

Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

Succumb is an antonym for continue.

Succumb

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

Continue is an antonym for succumb in die or surrender topic.

Nearby Word: succumbing

Common collocations

time continue time succumb time
story continue story succumb story
fight continue fight succumb fight
lives continue lives succumb lives

Both words in one sentence

  • And, before we continue to the next subject matter, this Deus Ex Machina in question also somehow cured Louise Halevy of her particle poisioning, as she was about ready to succumb to her genetic breakdown.
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