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RED ALERT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("red alert" is a kind of...):
alert; qui vive (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action)