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Meaning of designated survivor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A member of the cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the president and all those in the line of succession are gathered at a single location, so as to provide a successor should a catastrophic event occur where the others die or are incapacitated.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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