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survival kit

American  

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a similar emergency kit for campers, hikers, etc.


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Each side is effectively building a survival kit for a future where they don’t need the other as much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The label on it read, "Leo's survival kit".

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Bring an armed polar-bear guard, an emergency survival kit and at least two backup headlamps.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

Paul opens a survival kit to find a note and a ring his father wore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022

The church bag had to be big enough to fit her Sunday service survival kit.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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