survival kit
Americannoun
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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.
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a similar emergency kit for campers, hikers, etc.
Example Sentences
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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
This is your summer survival kit as the season begins to kick into high gear.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2022
Bring an armed polar-bear guard, an emergency survival kit and at least two backup headlamps.
From Scientific American • May 27, 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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