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noun

Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.

a similar emergency kit for campers, hikers, etc.

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How to use survival kit in a sentence

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Build your emergency preparedness stockpile with these survival kits and essential tools on sale|Stack Commerce|October 15, 2021|Popular-Science
What could have ended up as a crippling dysfunction in any other incarnation turned out to be my survival kit, not just in life, but in my chosen craft.
How I Escaped My Troubles Through Science - Issue 104: Harmony|Subodh Patil|August 25, 2021|Nautilus
A signal mirror is a key tool to include in any survival kit.
A signal mirror could save your life in the wild—here’s how to use one|By Jim Baird/Field & Stream|October 14, 2020|Popular-Science
For a pocket-sized survival kit, it’s hard to beat the light weight and effectiveness of Katadyn’s MicroPUR water disinfection tablets.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 29, 2020|Popular-Science

Build a fireIn any survival emergency, the fire-starting gear in your survival kit will be worth its weight in gold.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 29, 2020|Popular-Science
I went to the shuttler's locker, located a canteen in a survival kit, filled it and left the ship.
Attrition|Jim Wannamaker
He and Thorvald could satisfy their hunger with a handful of concentrates from the survival kit.
Storm Over Warlock|Andre Norton
If we go back, I thought, we can trek on somewhere—anywhere—richer by the loot from the plane, especially that Survival Kit.
The Night of the Long Knives|Fritz Reuter Leiber
He dragged the survival kit from behind the seat and pulled out some rations, a first-aid kit, finally a tele-talkie.
The Quantum Jump|Robert Wicks
He snapped the survival kit to his belt and picked up the tele-talkie.
The Quantum Jump|Robert Wicks