Die and Survive

Die

Die verb - To stop living.

Survive is an antonym for die in topics: pass away, live.

Nearby Word: died

Survive

Survive verb - To come safely through.
Usage example: the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall

Die is an antonym for survive in continue to live topic.

Nearby Words: survival, surviving, survivor, survivorship

Common collocations

attack die attack survive attack
thanks die thanks survive thanks
death die death survive death
situation die situation survive situation
Other words: episode, time, way, world, game, story, fight, battle, damage, minutes, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Busou Shinki Episode 8 does it sooner - it covers the fear watching a loved one in a coma from a deadly disease, not knowing if they'll die or survive.
  • Video Game / Valkyria Chronicles III Doomed by Canon: Some of the characters in the series will die or survive anything that comes their way.
  • Family-Unfriendly Aesop In extreme cases, the brave survives where the coward dies (sometimes Driven to Suicide), or alternatively they both survive/die, but the coward is marked forever.
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