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Distress call   /dɪstrˈɛs kɔl/   Listen
Distress call

noun
1.
An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed.  Synonym: distress signal.





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"Distress call" Quotes from Famous Books



... Day! This is the Yacht Seven Seas. Come in anyone!" Bill called urgently into the mouthpiece. He switched to the Coast Guard channel, then to the Miami Marine operators channel. Only static filled the cabin. No welcome voice acknowledged their distress call. Bill flipped the switch desperately to the two ship-to-ship channels. "May Day! Come in any boat!" ...
— The Day of the Dog • Anderson Horne


Words linked to "Distress call" :   sign, signaling, Mayday, SOS, signal


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