sur•vi•vor n  1: one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital." Survivors of abuse or trauma such as rape, domestic violence, neglect, childhood sexual abuse or war. 2: one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors." 3: an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"

rev•o•lu•tion n 1: a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution." 2: a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year."

trans•for•ma•tion n. 1 : an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed 3 a (1) : the operation of changing (as by rotation or mapping) one configuration or expression into another (2) : the formula that effects a transformation

shift verb 1 : to exchange for or replace by another : CHANGE 2 a : to change the place, position, or direction of : MOVE b : to make a change in (place) 1 a : to change place or position b : to change direction <the wind shifted> c : to change gears 2 a : to assume responsibility <had to shift for themselves> b : to resort to expedients 3 a : to go through a change <she shifted in her approach> b : to change one's clothes c : to become changed phonetically