distress signal

noun

: a message that one is in danger

The pilot sent out a distress signal before the plane crashed.

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Morse code transmitted the final distress signal of the Titanic on April 14, 1912, as the ship slipped beneath the waves. —

Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 Upon receiving the distress signal, the hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system by sending signals through autonomic nerves to the adrenal glands. —

Finnian Kelly, TIME, 8 July 2024 When there is a conflict between certain stimuli — what the eyes are seeing, for example, with what the body is feeling — equilibrium is disrupted and the vestibular system sends a distress signal to the brain, including to its vomiting center. —

Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 29 June 2024 Flags should always hang freely but never with the stars down, except as a distress signal. —

Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for distress signal

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