An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed.
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We would have picked up the distress signal a long time ago.
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Such a distress signal would be hilarious if it wasn't actually true.
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Sure enough, the source of a Colonial distress signal was flashing.
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When a distress signal is received, local search and rescue personnel are notified.
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His valve sent out a distress signal that established communication with his hands.
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A UN captain sent out a distress call and immediately signaled surrender.
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He could hear the computer in the study chiming its distress call.
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Not smart enough to know a distress call when it sees one.
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Ben Barka's suit began to broadcast immediately and indiscriminately-anall-banddistress call.
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Demo suddenly heard thrashing, mixed with the distress call of a bird.
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The crew of three abandoned the Spailpeen Faineachafter issuing a distress call.
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Fire alarms blared out, sending their distress call out into the night.
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The Viking Sky sent out a distress call after suffering engine failure.
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Something has gone wrong, however, and a distress call has been sent out.
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Now, one way or another, they were going to investigate that distress call.
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Shortly after nine o'clock there was another distress call on the emergency frequency.
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The space ore freighter Nostromo investigates a distress call on a distant planet.
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Nothing but the same distress call, repeated at the usual intervals.
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He could listen for his rescuers, maybe even send out a distress call.
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A coastal passenger ship off Hatteras sent out a frantic radio distress call.
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If the ship was damaged, its own distress call would sound.