
Survive
Challenging Circumstances
Use 'survive' to describe enduring tough or extreme situations.
Many plants can survive even in the driest deserts.
Minimal Existence
'Survive' implies managing with just the basics to continue living.
After the storm, we survived on canned food for days.
Descriptive Emphasis
Adding 'barely' before 'survive' stresses the difficulty faced.
The castaways barely survived on the isolated island.