However well he might have protected himself, the victim had succumbed to his enemy's last resort.

Eventually, the hapless victim succumbs to the elements and collapses to the sand.

It is perhaps a feature of "cultural imperialism" that its victims succumb willingly, even as they protest.

Within days of the first recorded case, a dozen more people fell sick-and then all those who tended the victims also succumbed.

And even more baffling than the plague, to which the victims invariably succumbed before reaching middle age, was their mental approach to it.

The poison works so quickly that the victim rapidly succumbs and the snake is then safe to make its move.

Many victims succumbed to typhus due to poor sanitary conditions in the ghetto.

It said the victims succumbed in gardening allotments, rural areas or simply on the street.

As the victim succumbed to the searing heat inside, he would thrash about and scream in agony.

In this manner, he had assured himself that the victims had succumbed.