red alert
noun
: the final stage of alert in which enemy attack appears imminent
broadly
: a state of alert brought on by impending danger
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Examples of red alert in a Sentence
The troops have been put on red alert.
the paparazzi were on red alert for sightings of the hot new Hollywood couple
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The international police organization Interpol issued a worldwide red alert for the fugitive identified by authorities as 30-year-old Mohmed Amra after French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said authorities are concerned that Amra has fled the country.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 May 2024
On a map of rising syphilis cases nationwide, some reservations stand out like a red alert.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 May 2024
On a map of rising syphilis cases nationwide, some reservations stand out like a red alert.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for red alert
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“Red alert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20alert. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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