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Meanings of distress signal in English

Russian
сигнал бедствия
Spanish
senal de auxilio

Internationally recognized means for obtaining help.

сигнал бедствия
Synonyms
Examples for "distress call"
Examples for "distress call"
1
A UN captain sent out a distress call and immediately signaled surrender.
Caliban's War
2
He could hear the computer in the study chiming its distress call.
Under the dome: a novel
3
Not smart enough to know a distress call when it sees one.
Year's best sf 15
4
Ben Barka's suit began to broadcast immediately and indiscriminately-anall-banddistress call.
The Centauri Device
5
Demo suddenly heard thrashing, mixed with the distress call of a bird.
The Tarn of Eternity
1
Each time, a mate inspected them through a spyglass, saw Gavin's muddled clothes and no distress flags, and rowed past without a word.
The black prism
Usage of distress signal in English
1
We would have picked up the distress signal a long time ago.
Unity
2
Such a distress signal would be hilarious if it wasn't actually true.
The Irish Times
3
Sure enough, the source of a Colonial distress signal was flashing.
Unity
4
When a distress signal is received, local search and rescue personnel are notified.
Reuters
5
His valve sent out a distress signal that established communication with his hands.
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
But when you get no distress signal, you're dealing with a catastrophic event.
News.com.au
7
Oh, I know: make a fire--andtwo smoke fires for a distress signal.
The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey
8
The night was clear and no distress signal was received.
News.com.au
9
Such devices emit a distress signal to help rescuers find vessels in an emergency.
Radio NZ
10
Maybe we should agree on some sort of distress signal.
Devil Bones
11
The tracker transmitted for another 15 hours but neither climber activated its distress signal.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
Then at last, in fairly distinct, although faint, vibrations came the distress signal again.
The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands; Or, The Yankee-Canadian ...
13
The next thing is to rig up our distress signal.
Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
14
The aircraft did not send a distress signal before it disappeared from radar screens.
Radio NZ
15
The Airbus A330 had flown through a thunderstorm, but no distress signal was sent.
News.com.au
16
After dining, they hoisted a distress signal which nobody noticed.
The new yorker