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nounred alert (countable and uncountable, plural red alerts)
plural red alerts
- countableuncountableA warning that indicates an emergency situation.
Another red alert last night. Lasted only five minutes, Possibly just a friendly plane with its IFF turned off.
1944 August 7, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 8981 more example
Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else
1984, Nena, 99 Red Balloons (lyrics written by Kevin McAlea) - countableuncountableA state of readiness to deal with such emergency situation.
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Rhymes with red alert
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