survivable

adjective

sur·​viv·​able sər-ˈvī-və-bəl How to pronounce survivable (audio)
: resulting in or permitting survival
survivability noun

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While some plane accidents are survivable, the likelihood of having a single survivor is extremely low. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025 Armored vehicles, the standard for assaults since WWII, are no longer survivable. David Hambling, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Alarmingly, only 14% of organizations actually have survivable backups against threat actor behaviors, and just 24% have backed up all their critical data. William Jones, USA Today, 23 May 2025 However, the newest variant of Marine Corps helicopters, called the CH-53K King Stallion, is equipped with a crash survivable flight data recorder with voice recording capability, and is expected to replace the old Super Stallion fleet by fiscal year 2032, a spokesperson said. Melissa Chan, NBC news, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for survivable

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of survivable was in 1955

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“Survivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survivable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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