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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
survival
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a survival strategy
▪ He says his father’s withdrawal was a survival strategy.
defence/control/survival mechanism
▪ When a person is ill, the body’s natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
survival instinct (=an instinct to survive in a difficult situation)
▪ Survival instinct told me to get up and run.
survival kit
the survival rate
▪ The survival rate of twins and triplets has increased in recent years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ In this barbaric world, there were no polite procedures, just basic survival techniques.
▪ They had been raising questions about basic survival.
▪ As Colin Lacey says: The new teacher is preoccupied with the basic problems of survival and acceptance.
▪ A gut-level fear reaction that comes out of a basic survival instinct and which operates independently of the intellect.
▪ Nationalist and feminist women in Northern Ireland were organizing around basic issues of survival.
▪ New Yorkers consume about 300 gallons of it each day. Basic human survival requires two gallons daily.
▪ Hunting and gathering is a subsistence economy which means that production only meets basic survival needs.
▪ The basic criterion for survival is that the crushing strength be greater than the maximum aerodynamic pressure experienced during atmospheric entry.
economic
▪ It means caring in circumstances which threaten both the well-being of family members and the economic survival of the household.
▪ Here was a gloating scheme of ingenuity, an immigrant strategy for economic survival that was taking on great possibilities.
▪ Their economic survival is therefore a central element of Soviet policy.
▪ Both countries depend on wildlife-based tourism for their economic survival.
▪ Today members support the family less, since it is now much less necessary to their own successful economic survival.
▪ Britain is in a race for economic survival and success.
▪ Prostitution is no longer an attractive option to ensure economic survival.
essential
▪ Change is essential for survival, though the price is loss of innocence.
▪ Being financially assertive is essential for survival.
▪ Saved for the table For many marine invertebrates mass reproduction and large members of offspring are essential to their survival.
▪ It could be essential for survival.
▪ Politics is essential to organizational survival.
▪ The joint or extended family is the peasant economic unit essential for survival.
▪ The death of the individual is essential to the survival of the biosphere.
▪ His emphasis is on the practical strategies and nippy footwork essential for survival.
high
▪ I have mentioned particular examples of qualities that make for high survival value among memes.
▪ He found out that, as he had predicted, some classes showed a statistically significantly higher survival rate than others.
▪ The formula was clearly a successful one as proved by the high survival rate and healthy condition of all four penguin species.
▪ Why does it have such high survival value?
▪ Awareness of this is high, but survival, not aggressiveness, is still at the top of the agenda.
▪ In general, the rules leading to higher rates of survival and reproduction tend to increase in the population.
▪ In over 80% there is ventricular fibrillation, which carries a high chance of survival given early defibrillation.
human
▪ Safety is a basic human requirement for survival, development, health and self-fulfilment at every stage of the lifespan.
▪ Basic human survival requires two gallons daily.
▪ No one thinks it an important proposition that what promotes survival of the human species promotes survival of the human species.
▪ If they are to last over time, moral values must contribute to successful human survival.
▪ How does nationalism relate to human survival?
long
▪ In conclusion oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation appears to confer no benefit over endoscopic sclerotherapy in terms of long term survival after variceal haemorrhage.
▪ While most patients with an adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett's oesophagus are resectable, the long term survival is low.
▪ During recent times, the main goal of many firms may have been long term survival.
▪ Main outcome measures Long term survival in patients after urgent cardiac transplantation and perceived quality of life.
median
▪ Those patients who present with metastatic disease and are treated with maximal endocrine treatment will have a median survival of 36 months.
▪ Preoperative radiotherapy did not prolong the median survival time.
▪ After the development of lymph node metastases and distant metastases, median survival of patients declined significantly.
▪ The median survival of a year or more with symptoms controlled in most of those treated represents a very satisfactory outcome.
▪ Complete response is rare, and the improvement in median survival seems small.
▪ Ultimately biliary cirrhosis results and the median survival has been estimated to be 12 years.
necessary
▪ Budget maximization is held to be both rational and necessary for survival.
▪ The men possessed only the barest minimum necessary for survival.
▪ The trees that remain on the planet are, therefore, utterly necessary to our survival in this regard.
▪ The only humane population programme is one that expands people's opportunities so that large families are no longer necessary for survival.
▪ In nature, each creature has a niche or environment in which it finds the conditions necessary for survival and reproduction.
▪ Firm but gentle provision and enforcement of basic rules is kinder to them and necessary for your survival.
▪ It was a necessary survival step for a young person growing up in that area.
political
▪ Mr Milosevic is fighting for his political survival after a vicious campaign tainted by intimidation and haunted by fears of electoral fraud.
▪ His first imperative always has been political survival.
▪ The internal divisions which seemingly threatened, but actually assisted, the political survival of General Franco continued into 1942.
▪ So, political survival wins out while the survival of the resource suffers.
▪ At least this time he could justifiably claim to be doing so in a higher cause than that of his own political survival.
▪ For Charles it may have meant political survival, for perhaps he really would have been tonsured had he been defeated.
▪ Congress and the executive branch are often too immobilized by internal problems of political survival to take action on great national questions.
very
▪ It is tempting for any regime to claim that its very survival proves that it has consent and support.
▪ Not only did these men share the hardships of combat, their very survival imbued many with a pre-disposition to paternalism.
▪ The very experience of survival may create new strengths and deeper perception.
▪ For two years Vlasov was limited to the depressing task of fighting for the very survival of his movement.
▪ A physical longing so strong that it seemed her very survival must be linked to it.
▪ Their very survival might depend on it.
▪ Throughout this period, the News-on-Sunday changed as both internal and external pressure challenged its very survival.
well
▪ If that happens as normal, then the puffins have a better chance of survival.
▪ In other words, by staying away he gives his offspring a better chance of survival.
▪ Franchise operations seem to provide a surprisingly large amount of luck to judge by their substantially better survival rates.
▪ By this time they are more able to fend for themselves, and have a better chance of survival.
▪ This gives them a far better chance of survival.
■ NOUN
chance
▪ But if we think of our target as anything that would improve survival chances, the argument still works.
▪ Should the government concentrate on improving the perception and feeling of safety, rather than improving actual survival chances?
▪ But officials will not rate the survival chances above 50 percent until a month after birth.
▪ With early detection, survival chances are better than 90 percent, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph points out.
▪ In all countries, children of high birth order have comparatively poor survival chances.
▪ Taken in connection with other programs now under way, the cooling device should improve survival chances for winter-run salmon.
▪ Transplants did not improve the survival chances of patients at low and medium risk of dying on the waiting list.
▪ But I think his survival chances are slim.
child
▪ The effect of certain household characteristics upon child survival has also been reported.
▪ There has been a lot of emphasis on chil-dren and child survival.
▪ Thus, the effect of birth order on child survival also resembles the probable effect of family size.
▪ Conversely, child survival can help lower fertility by increasing intervals between births.
instinct
▪ A gut-level fear reaction that comes out of a basic survival instinct and which operates independently of the intellect.
▪ Hussein's craving for the limelight is second only to his survival instinct.
▪ He judged his risks; he had an extraordinary survival instinct.
▪ Deep in his sick brain his survival instinct warned him his injury was serious.
▪ Although it is a by-product of the survival instinct, this empathy is genuine.
▪ Her theory is that baby has a healthy survival instinct and is unlikely to attempt anything really dangerous.
▪ Her tameness drops away like a spring moult, and her primitive survival instincts supplant everything else.
kit
▪ There should be a survival kit of some kind, and a first-aid box.
▪ I had memorized those few facts widely accepted by Princeton undergraduates to be part of an investment banking interview survival kit.
▪ Now there are earthquake survival kits, stuff to fasten down artwork and things in the home.
▪ We knew he'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip, and that knowledge gave us hope.
▪ Last week we picked up a necessity for your survival kit, a program called PKZip for Windows.
▪ The first 10 entries will receive club toilet survival kits.
mechanism
▪ It was my own survival mechanism.
rate
▪ This method assumes both constant incidence and survival rates for the period of the population projections.
▪ He found out that, as he had predicted, some classes showed a statistically significantly higher survival rate than others.
▪ A five-year survival rate in lung cancer is still less than ten percent.
▪ The survival rate of the birds from the time they leave the colony until they return is quite low.
▪ Although relatively few eggs are produced, the male's care ensures a good survival rate.
▪ With treatment, survival rates are high.
▪ The formula was clearly a successful one as proved by the high survival rate and healthy condition of all four penguin species.
▪ Because survival rates decrease dramatically as the disease progresses, early detection is key, Dressler says.
skill
▪ Kabila's survival skills served him well in exile, but deserted him once he had moved into the presidential palace.
▪ Certainly, all children must develop coping and survival skills.
strategy
▪ Compounded by their own unconscious survival strategy, their room for manoeuvre appears to shrink until it vanishes.
▪ But unlike Danny Ballow, Sarah Richardson has a story which makes it clear that the best survival strategy is assimilation.
▪ However, subversive survival strategies were possible.
▪ The work will also contribute to a theoretical understanding of survival strategies and the dynamics of decision-making in conditions of forced migration.
▪ Philip Hanson's empirical work on international technology transfer laid bare the limitations of borrowing as a survival strategy.
▪ New gallery directory, Penny Precious, was responsible for producing this survival strategy.
▪ Blaming individuals for failings endemic to the organization was a necessary survival strategy.
value
▪ I have mentioned particular examples of qualities that make for high survival value among memes.
▪ The human appendix is one organ continues to be replicated, even though it has lost any survival value it once had.
▪ They see that as having survival value for their offspring.
▪ In other words, one can not explain the existence of all properties of organisms by referring to their survival value.
▪ The programme of explaining characteristics of dominant life-forms in terms simply of survival value is controversial and highly speculative.
▪ Why does it have such high survival value?
▪ But can the propagation of all beliefs be explained in terms of their survival value?
■ VERB
depend
▪ If the system could not or would not forbid such questions, its survival depended on their being rendered incomprehensible.
▪ Their survival depends on how they respond to changes in the external environment.
▪ Rather like a spoilt child, he can force you into feeling that his survival depends on your constant presence and care.
▪ The strength, and even survival, of individuals depends on the cohesion of the group.
▪ The existence of these sets provides an important sociolinguistic resource for inner-city speakers, and their survival must surely depend on this.
▪ In this case study, managers deferred to information specialists as valued resources possessing the arcane knowledge upon which corporate survival depended.
▪ If trouble did come, survival would depend on knowing who could be trusted and who could not.
ensure
▪ It's being carried out by foresters using an ancient technique which will ensure the trees survival.
▪ Subsequently, a government panel decided Uncle Sam should endeavor to ensure survival of at least three thousand pairs.
▪ Consequently a world-wide effort is now being made to obtain and breed Victorian Cichlids to ensure their survival.
▪ The power of these fantasies, and not their accuracy, is what ensures their survival.
▪ These responses ensure the maintenance and survival of an individual and its reproduction.
▪ So breeding in captivity is vital to ensure the species survival.
▪ But how were they to ensure survival in the game, and then at the highest level?
▪ If the trait is to evolve, it must ensure survival.
fight
▪ Now they are fighting for survival.
▪ Two years ago, he arrived battered, beaten and fighting for survival in the face of Republican victories in 1994.
▪ For two years Vlasov was limited to the depressing task of fighting for the very survival of his movement.
▪ This argument is that the inverse relationship is a result of desperate families fighting for survival from too small pieces of land.
▪ Mr Milosevic is fighting for his political survival after a vicious campaign tainted by intimidation and haunted by fears of electoral fraud.
▪ Time allowed 00:22 Read in studio Five puppies are fighting for survival after being left to die in a rubbish sack.
▪ On the contrary, they saw their San Francisco elderly as fighting for survival and self-esteem through a remarkable variety of strategies.
improve
▪ Three points will improve survival hopes and be a perfect boost for the derby at Hartlepool United on Saturday.
▪ Should the government concentrate on improving the perception and feeling of safety, rather than improving actual survival chances?
▪ Certainly there is good evidence that long-term beta blockade improves survival at one year.
▪ Taken in connection with other programs now under way, the cooling device should improve survival chances for winter-run salmon.
▪ No treatment at any stage of disease has been shown to improve survival in an adequate clinical trial.
▪ Darlington beat Huddersfield 1-0 in the Rumbelows League Cup and a repeat performance would improve their chances of survival.
▪ But if we think of our target as anything that would improve survival chances, the argument still works.
▪ In future such techniques may help to identify design features that improve survival.
increase
▪ Emotions drive the horse into behaviour which will increase its chances of survival.
show
▪ No treatment at any stage of disease has been shown to improve survival in an adequate clinical trial.
▪ A study in rats showed reduced survival of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes in the presence of ascorbic acid.
▪ Early endocrine treatment may delay progression of disease but has never been shown to prolong survival.
▪ They show a range of survival factors associated with their aquatic life.
▪ A comparison using the log rank test showed a difference in survival times in patients with disease at various sites.
▪ Individual proprietorship was to show great powers of survival and was even to spread further before 1939.
threaten
▪ The slightest crisis of confidence can threaten the survival of the banking system and the health of the whole economy.
▪ All of a sudden I became some one who threatened their survival....
▪ The tribe still experienced occasional bad days, though these no longer threatened its very survival.
▪ Simply put, anything that increases reproductive success will spread at the expense of anything that does not-even if it threatens survival.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Doctors say his chances of survival are not good.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But if we think of our target as anything that would improve survival chances, the argument still works.
▪ However, subversive survival strategies were possible.
▪ It does not seem regressive to put it to use in the service of gay survival as well.
▪ It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival.
▪ It was my own survival mechanism.
▪ The important things are the genes, which are selfish, in seeking their own survival by any means.
▪ This in itself is why the panda's survival is becoming more and more dubious every year.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Survival

Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From Survive.]

  1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

  2. (Arh[ae]ol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.

    The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs.
    --Tylor.

    Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
survival

1590s, "act of surviving; continuation after some event," from survive + -al (2). Phrase survival of the fittest (1864) was used by Spencer in place of Darwin's natural selection.

Wiktionary
survival

n. 1 The fact or act of survive; continued existence or life. 2 (''as a modifier'') Of, relating to or aiding survival. 3 (context sports English) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.

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WordNet
survival

  1. n. a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: endurance]

  2. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]

  3. something that survives

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Wikipedia
Survival (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)

Survival is a reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released in 1979.

Survival is an album with an outwardly militant theme. Some critics speculate that this was due in part to criticism Marley received for the laid-back, ganja-soaked atmosphere of his previous release, "Kaya", which seemed to sidetrack the urgency of his message. In the song "Africa Unite", Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to later-independent Rhodesia. The song was performed at Zimbabwe's Independence Celebration in 1980, just after the official declaration of Zimbabwe's independence.

Survival was originally to be called Black Survival to underscore the urgency of African unity, but the name was shortened to prevent misinterpretations of the album's theme.

Survival (Doctor Who)

Survival is the final serial of the 26th season and also the final story of the original 26-year run in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three parts, weekly, from 22 November to 6 December 1989. It marks the final regular television appearance of Anthony Ainley as the Master and of Sophie Aldred as Ace. It is also the last to entirely feature Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, although he would return briefly in the 1996 TV movie.

Survival

Survival is act of surviving; to stay living.

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Survival (Grand Funk Railroad album)

Survival is Grand Funk Railroad's fourth studio album and was released in April 1971 by Capitol Records. It was produced by Terry Knight. Drummer Don Brewer was never happy with the drum sound on the album, due to Knight's insistence of having Brewer cover his drum heads with tea-towels, after seeing Ringo Starr using that technique in the Beatles' film Let It Be (1970).

Survival (TV series)

Survival is one of television's longest-running and most successful nature documentary series. Originally produced by Anglia Television for ITV in the United Kingdom, it was created by Aubrey Buxton (later Baron Buxton of Alsa), a founder director of Anglia TV, and first broadcast in 1961. Survival films and film-makers won more than 250 awards worldwide, including four Emmy Awards and a BAFTA.

The original series ran for 40 years during which nearly 1000 shows were produced. It was one of the UK's most lucrative television exports, with sales to 112 countries; the highest overseas sales of any British documentary programme. It became the first British programme sold to China (1979), the first to be broadcast simultaneously across the continent of North America (1987) and its camera teams were the first to shoot a major wildlife series in the former Soviet Union (1989–91). It gained a Queen's Awards for Export Achievement in 1974.

Early programmes were all half-hours, but the one-hour Survival Special became ITV’s flagship wildlife documentary for three decades, often attracting audiences of more than 10 million. Series were also made for Channel 4, for CITV and for regional transmission. Survival achieved great popularity in the USA, where a syndicated half-hour series, The World of Survival (narrated by John Forsythe), ran for 12 years, and numerous one-hour films were aired by broadcasters including NBC, CBS and PBS.

The production unit was disbanded in 2001 and the title disappeared from British TV screens. However, the Survival name returned to ITV with the launch of Survival with Ray Mears in 2010. The Survival name was then subsequently used again with a series entitled Survival - Tales From The Wild.

Survival (journal)

Survival is a scholarly international studies journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the British international affairs research institute. It is published by Routledge and has six issues a year.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 0.42, ranking it 108th out of 157 journals in the category Political Science.

Survival (The O'Jays album)

Survival is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

Survival (Muse song)

"Survival" is a song by the English alternative rock band Muse. The track is the first single from the band's sixth studio album, The 2nd Law. It was announced on 27 June that "Survival" would serve as the official song for the London 2012 Olympics and was released following its premiere on BBC Radio 1.

Survival (band)

Survival is a Dutch Progressive / Symphonic rock band/project, initiated in 1981 by keyboard player & composer Jack Langevelt. Inspired by classic bands like Trace, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Ekseption, The Nice, Camel, Procol Harum and Deep Purple. The sound of Survival is characterized by strong dynamic melodies with odd time signatures and epic themes. Survival existed as a band between 1981 and 1997, although Jack continued making music under the name Survival.

In 2008 Survival arose from its ashes and released their first official album Crusader on Musea Records. This all instrumental Album, with guest appearances by David Dexter and Mario Roelofsen on guitar, was composed, recorded and produced by Jack Langevelt and received very positive reviews. Presently (2013) Survival is back again in a new line up, with ( Inez van der Linden) as new Manager(known for Rick van der Linden/ Ekseption/ Trace)and a new Bookings Agency.

Jack Langevelt was born on the fifth of August 1954 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In his early childhood he had warm feelings for Classical music ( a.o. Bach, Mozart, Chopin). After hearing Air (by Ekseption) he fell in love with the music of Rick van der Linden. Ekseption, Trace, The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer were his major influences. This Symphonic Music highlighted his favourite instruments: Hammond organ and piano. After he had some piano lessons, he studied at the Rotterdam School of Arts (1971). At the same time he started his musical career as a drummer in various groups and styles. In 1980 he switched to his first love: keyboard playing in Symphonic Rock Music. He formed his own group Survival. With this group (1981–1997) he developed his ideas in his own compositions which were a synthesis of classical, rock and jazz music. In 1997 Survival split up, but Jack continued making music under his name and the name Survival. For two years Jack developed a more intuitive style of music, played and composed only by himself. The result was the album The Final Chapter(1999). For the next two years he was occupied creating his own Recording Studio (BJT Studio's). With this studio he saw no limitations anymore for creating, composing and producing his music on a level that was more to his satisfaction. With the help of vocalist Linda Maarseveen and guitar players David Dexter (from the UK), Mario Roelofsen (Purple Rainbow) and Jan Peter Eerenberg (Thijs van Leer Band) he recorded more than 30 songs. As a result, he made 2 Progressive/Symphonic/ Classic rock demo albums: Con Brio and Montgisard (self-released).

Survival (Born from Pain album)

Survival is the fifth studio album by Dutch hardcore punk band Born from Pain. It was released in 2008 on Metal Blade Records.

Survival (Eminem song)

"Survival" is a song by American rapper Eminem. The song was initially released as a pre-order bonus when pre-ordering the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts. The song features vocals on the chorus from Liz Rodrigues of The New Royales. The song premiered on August 14, 2013 to promote the multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. The song was released as the second single from The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on October 8, 2013. Upon its single release, the song debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and upon the album's release, it climbed to a new peak of number 16.

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Usage examples of "survival".

Taken in substance it would have starved our species out of existence as soon as it had conceived the theory: our intelligence, whether anthropocentric or otherwise, advises us that we have ensured the survival of terrene species by our actions.

So did I eagerly search my Frame for Blisters or Whelks or an Apostem in the Groine, for oft these Tokens signal some feeble Hope of Survival.

Gowachin bowing over his bedog, begging him to return at once to the briefing sessions which prepared him for survival on Dosadi.

The kerchief, like the brolly he carried slung from his shoulder, was a simple, versatile, and durable piece of gear with any number of survival uses.

Carthage and, earlier, Phoenicia were often threatened, on occasion struggling for survival - they were the bustlers and hustlers.

The survival of Pioneer 10 and 11 through the Jovian magnetosphere was more the result of good luck and good engineering than of the accuracy of pre-Pioneer magnetospheric theories.

In actuality, Manesh knew that the Mig-23 was not a slow plane, but compared to the modern Mig-29, the old Flogger fell short in maneuverability-a basic need for modern-day dogfight survival.

He carried a bow, and tinder, and sharp steel, small precautions that counted in a Skyshiel gale, when cloud and relentless snowfall mantled the high peaks, and strength and experience lent no guarantee in the brute fight to maintain survival.

Myers spent a good part of his life investigating mediumistic evidence for survival of human personality after death of the body.

In class Major Staley lectured on the firststrike survival capability of our nuclear arsenal, ranging from the landbased Minuteman and Titan missile silos to the nuclearpowered Polaris submarine missilelaunching fleet to the more than five hundred combatready bombers of the Strategic Air Command.

Prutaj, that other continent he had never set pad on, where it was held that the hard work of Slah was misconceived, where present gratification was prized more than the future survival of the species.

Eastern countries is used as a means of criminal punishment, the survival of the persecuted individual being immaterial to the torturers, as he would be branded for life and ostracized if he recovered.

Klyucharyov, hero of several previous works, is found struggling for survival in a city divided between an underground realm of safety and plenty and an overground wilderness in which human society has virtually ceased to function: the lights have gone out, stray, frightened figures scamper between dark buildings, rape and robbery take place unremarked, and the dead are left unburied.

Malenfant sacrificed more parafoil silk to make a hat and a scarf for his neck, and he added a little of a silvered survival blanket to the top of his hat to deflect the sunlight.

Paul imagined the horror of the photino civilization as the irrelevant froth of baryons through which they moved turned into a source of deadly danger, perhaps threatening the ultimate survival of their civilization.