distress

  • 41distress warrant — see warrant Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 42distress signal — [n] alarm burglar alarm, call for help*, danger signal, fire alarm, mayday, SOS, warning signal; concepts 269,463 …

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  • 43Distress signal — Call for help redirects here. For the TV show, see Call for Help. A distress signal is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals take the form of or are commonly made by using radio signals, displaying a visually… …

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  • 44Distress radiobeacon — PLB redirects here. For other uses, see PLB (disambiguation). Emergency position indicating radio beacons or EPIRBs Distress radio beacons, also known as emergency beacons, ELT or EPIRB, are tracking transmitters which aid in the detection and… …

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  • 45Distress In cancer caregiving — An informal or primary caregiver is an individual in a cancer patient’s life that provides unpaid assistance and cancer related care [1]. Due to the typically late onset of cancer, caregivers are often the spouses and/or children of patients, but …

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  • 46distress call — noun an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed • Syn: ↑distress signal • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑signaling, ↑sign • Hyponyms: ↑SOS, ↑Mayday …

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  • 47Distress (medicine) — In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which an animal is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors.[1] It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate… …

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  • 48Distress rockets — A distress rocket is a rocket that takes off and warns nearby ships that your ship is in distress. Each one has an amount of distance that the rocket or the light can be seen and it can also be used to signal airplanes. Distress rockets were made …

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  • 49distress call — 1. a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Cf. distress signal (def. 1). 2. a communication prompted by or indicating distress: The hospital sent out …

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  • 50distress signal — 1. a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Cf. distress call (def. 1). 2. an indication, esp. a… …

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