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
Recent Examples on the Web
The Valencian regional government is being criticized for not sending out flood warnings to people’s mobile phones until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, when the flooding had already started in some parts and well after the national weather agency had issued a red alert for heavy rains.
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Alberto Saiz, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
If his death was an online storm, then the weeks leading up to it were a red alert.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
People take cover during a red alert siren after a missile was fired from Yemen today in Nir Oz, Israel.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
On Monday, heavy rainfall continued to pummel the region with red alerts, the highest-level warning, still in effect for portions of Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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Alberto Saiz, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
If his death was an online storm, then the weeks leading up to it were a red alert.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
People take cover during a red alert siren after a missile was fired from Yemen today in Nir Oz, Israel.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
On Monday, heavy rainfall continued to pummel the region with red alerts, the highest-level warning, still in effect for portions of Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Red alert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20alert. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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