survivable
Americanadjective
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able to be survived.
Would an atomic war be survivable?
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capable of withstanding attack or countermeasures.
a bomber survivable against fighter planes.
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The resulting maps identified "survivable niches" ranging from crater floors several miles across to areas no larger than an astronaut's boot print.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
“What I can tell you is what every traffic engineer in the country knows: Narrower roads slow drivers down, and slower crashes are survivable crashes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I keep coming back to the quote that for most people living in an authoritarian state, life is ‘boring and tolerable,’ so it’s survivable for most.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The desert conditions make the extreme heat marginally more survivable -- at low humidity, sweat evaporates more quickly off the skin, cooling the body.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
My guess is pockets of ice formed around some of the bacteria, leaving a bubble of survivable pressure inside, and the cold wasn't quite enough to kill them.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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