distress signal
noun
: a message that one is in danger
The pilot sent out a distress signal before the plane crashed.
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In the first installment of the Prime saga, Samus travels to Tallon IV after receiving a distress signal.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 1 May 2025
The cockpit voice recorder records pilots’ conversation, emergency alarms and any distress signal made before a crash.
—Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Immigration detainees in Texas have been pictured forming an SOS, the international distress signal.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Back in February, protests had already begun—most notably when a group of current and former park employees unfurled a massive upside-down American flag at El Capital, a distress signal over the future of the National Park Service.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 1 May 2025
The cockpit voice recorder records pilots’ conversation, emergency alarms and any distress signal made before a crash.
—Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Immigration detainees in Texas have been pictured forming an SOS, the international distress signal.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Back in February, protests had already begun—most notably when a group of current and former park employees unfurled a massive upside-down American flag at El Capital, a distress signal over the future of the National Park Service.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Distress signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distress%20signal. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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