RED ALERT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("red alert" is a kind of...):

alert; qui vive (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action)

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