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Definition of 'air alert'

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air alert

noun military

1.

the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation

2.

a signal to prepare for this

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air alert in American English

1.

a state of readiness by air force units, in which aircraft are put into the air for immediate response to orders

2.

the signal for getting into such an alert

3.

an alerting, as of civilians, against an air attack

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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