"red alert" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-red alert.oga Forms: red alerts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} red alert (countable and uncountable, plural red alerts)
  1. A warning that indicates an emergency situation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-red_alert-en-noun-cUv-iHyB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. A state of readiness to deal with such emergency situation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-red_alert-en-noun-UWzh8uEi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: battle stations, general quarters [Navy, US], action stations [Navy, UK] Related terms: alarums and excursions, panic stations [UK]

Inflected forms

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