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DISTRESS CALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed
Synonyms:
distress call; distress signal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("distress call" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distress call"):
SOS (an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code)
Mayday (an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider))
