red alert
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
red alert (countable and uncountable, plural red alerts)
- A warning that indicates an emergency situation.
- 1944 August 7, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 898:
- Another red alert last night. Lasted only five minutes, Possibly just a friendly plane with its IFF turned off.
- 1984, Nena, 99 Red Balloons (lyrics written by Kevin McAlea)
- Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
- Ninety-nine red balloons
- A state of readiness to deal with such emergency situation.
Synonyms
- battle stations
- general quarters (US Navy)
- action stations (UK Navy)