sole survivor

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandsurvivor

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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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 ofsoleandsurvivorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, it is possible that either fission product be thesolesurvivor.
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He was thesolesurvivorof that tragedy.
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The effect of that is to cancel the power of thesolesurvivorto deal freely with the land.
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I then recalled my uncle, who is thesolesurvivorof a squadron.
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He is thesolesurvivorof four brothers.
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Therefore, he is thesolesurvivorof five male members of his family and, although happily his own record was not so tragic, it is one of unmatched service.
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Almost none of them documented their experience at this camp except one former inmate who incorrectly claims to be thesolesurvivor.
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A sign on the village green commemorates thesolesurvivorof the attack who escaped by hiding in the parish church.
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He was thesolesurvivorof six children who died from consumption or other diseases.
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The protagonist is thesolesurvivorof a pandemic of a bacterium that causes vampirism.
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Its limited distribution and being thesolesurvivorof a once more widespread genus give it a high priority for conservation.
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He was thesolesurvivorof his team of three.
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One miner, who operated the machinery which brought the lignite to the surface was thesolesurvivor.
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Thesolesurvivor, an infant female, was raised by her grandmother.
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This further watered down the original concept: that the character was thesolesurvivorof his planet's destruction.
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