lone survivor

collocation in English

meaningsofloneandsurvivor

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lone
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ləʊn/us
/loʊn/
alone:
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survivor
noun[C]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vər/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/
a person who continues to live, despite ...
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(Definition ofloneandsurvivorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is set in 2055 and focuses on alonesurvivorof climate catastrophe.
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It is a memorial to thelonesurvivorand those who perished in an explosion.
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Aswatthama is believed to be thelonesurvivorstill living who actually fought in the kurukshetra war.
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The plane exploded into a mass of burning wreckage according to thelonesurvivor.
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Thelonesurvivorof the crash claimed that a crocodile hidden in a duffel bag had escaped.
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Subsequently, none of the side is victorious as he will be the onlylonesurvivor.
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The aircraft exploded into a mass of burning wreckage according to thelonesurvivor.
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The object of the game is to be thelonesurvivorby eliminating the hit points of your fellow opponents.
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He had a miraculous escape as he had gone out to return nature's call and hence turned out to be thelonesurvivor.
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He liked how his character is thelonesurvivorof the apocalypse, son of the most angry and the most headstrong characters.
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Due to the large number of people involved in an airline flight, being alonesurvivorof a crash is statistically improbable.
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The police arrive, and after a bloody fight, all of the intruders and all but one of the policemen are dead, with thelonesurvivorbeing seriously wounded.
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He was thelonesurvivoreach time.
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Lone survivors are often left with physical and psychological injuries.
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