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survivable

adj

Etymology

From survive + -able.

  1. derived from super — “over”
  2. derived from supervivere — “to outlive”
  3. derived from survivre
  4. derived from survivre
  5. suffixed as survivable — “survive + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be survived.

    • The conditions they are living in are harsh but survivable.

  2. Capable of surviving an attack, especially a nuclear strike.

    • In order for a weapon system to be an effective deterrent it must be highly survivable. Weapon systems based in the world's ocean waters are the most survivable systems.
    • “I think that what we found is that our command and control needs to be more survivable,” said Col. Robert S. McChrystal, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which is based in Vilseck, Germany, near the Czech border.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA