| query | A s_______ of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death .A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death . Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash. |
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| word | survivor |
| full-definition | noun A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death . Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash. A survivor of a very unpleasant experience is a person who has had such an experience, and who is still affected by it. This book is written with survivors of child sexual abuse in mind. A person's survivors are the members of their family who continue to live after they have died . The compensation bill offers the miners or their survivors as much as $100,000 apiece. If you describe someone as a survivor, you approve of the fact that they are able to carry on with their life even though they experience many difficulties . Above all Susie is a great survivor, with a bright, indomitable spirit. If you describe a person or thing as a survivor from an earlier period, you mean that they are still present or available, but other people or things from that period have died or disappeared . He was the sole survivor from that winning side. This is the only known survivor of 30 test cars built by the company. |
| inflections | survivors |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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