RED ALERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red alert mean? 

• RED ALERT (noun)
  The noun RED ALERT has 1 sense:

1. the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)

  Familiarity information: RED ALERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED ALERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("red alert" is a kind of...):

alert; qui vive (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action)