SURVIVE

(verb) support oneself
"he could barely exist on such a low wage", "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?", "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
synonyms : exist , live , subsist
(verb) continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days", "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America", "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents", "how long can a person last without food and water?"
synonyms : endure , go , hold out , hold up , last , live , live on
(verb) live longer than
"She outlived her husband by many years"
synonyms : outlast , outlive
(verb) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He survived the cancer against all odds"
synonyms : come through , make it , pull round , pull through

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