What does survivor mean in English?

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survivor Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a person who continues to live, despite nearly dying:
- He was the sole (= only) survivor of the plane crash.
- She's a cancer survivor/a survivor of cancer.
- He's one of life's survivors.
- a survivor of child abuse
1 a person who continues to live, esp. after a dangerous event:
- He was the sole survivor of the crash.
- Business is bad, but she’s a survivor, she’ll deal with it.
- Her survivors include two children and five grandchildren.
2 a person or organization that continues to exist, especially after suffering difficulties:
- Only the most careful small businesses will remain as survivors of the city's economic crisis.
3 a person who continues to live after someone else has died:
- The life insurance benefits will be paid out to the survivor by check.

One survivor described his torturers as devils incarnate.
The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water after six hours.
A ceasefire has been called to allow the survivors to bury their dead.
The earthquake survivors are in desperate need of help.
Rescue teams searched among the wreckage for survivors.
As an acute illness, it is a lifethreatening episode that gives survivors a lasting sense of their own mortality.
The results showed that self-rated health improved the wellbeing of survivors, but not the wellbeing of the deceased.
Multi-level analyses were then conducted separately for the survivors and the deceased to explain the variance of the wellbeing scores across the last four waves.