"four-minute warning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: four-minute warnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-minute warning (plural four-minute warnings)
  1. (idiomatic) A UK government public alert system in use during the Cold War to advise of an imminent nuclear attack. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare

Inflected forms

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