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Significados de distress call en inglés

An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed.

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        Examples for "distress signal"
        Examples for "distress signal"
        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
        Uso de distress call en inglés
        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
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        The crew of three abandoned the Spailpeen Faineachafter issuing a distress call.
        The Irish Times
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        Fire alarms blared out, sending their distress call out into the night.
        The Guardian
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        The Viking Sky sent out a distress call after suffering engine failure.
        BBC
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        Something has gone wrong, however, and a distress call has been sent out.
        Wired
        10
        Now, one way or another, they were going to investigate that distress call.
        The Cylons’ Secret
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        Shortly after nine o'clock there was another distress call on the emergency frequency.
        Miracle
        12
        The space ore freighter Nostromo investigates a distress call on a distant planet.
        Wired
        13
        Nothing but the same distress call, repeated at the usual intervals.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        14
        He could listen for his rescuers, maybe even send out a distress call.
        The Cylons’ Secret
        15
        A coastal passenger ship off Hatteras sent out a frantic radio distress call.
        The White Invaders
        16
        If the ship was damaged, its own distress call would sound.
        The truth of valor