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red alerts

red alerts is the plural of red alert.

Meaning of red alert

Noun

red alert (countable and uncountable, plural red alerts)

  1. A warning that indicates an emergency situation.
    • Another red alert last night. Lasted only five minutes, Possibly just a friendly plane with its IFF turned off.1944 August 7, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 898
  2. A state of readiness to deal with such emergency situation.

Questions about red alerts

What is red alerts the plural of?
Red alerts is the plural of red alert.

Words near red alerts in the dictionary

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  3. red alders
  4. red ale
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  7. red ales
  8. red alga
  9. red algae
  10. red and silver dewdrop
  11. red ant

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