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 a statement on social media, local authorities said the regional Red Sea control center received a distress signal at 5:30 a.m. local time from a member of the Sea Story crew, a luxury yacht.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Dinh reached for the lone distress signal on the boat.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
Morse code transmitted the final distress signal of the Titanic on April 14, 1912, as the ship slipped beneath the waves.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Upon receiving the distress signal, the hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system by sending signals through autonomic nerves to the adrenal glands.
—Finnian Kelly, TIME, 8 July 2024
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Dinh reached for the lone distress signal on the boat.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
Morse code transmitted the final distress signal of the Titanic on April 14, 1912, as the ship slipped beneath the waves.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Upon receiving the distress signal, the hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system by sending signals through autonomic nerves to the adrenal glands.
—Finnian Kelly, TIME, 8 July 2024
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“Distress signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distress%20signal. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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