Distress Signal (Noun)
Meaning
An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The pilot sent out a distress signal as flames engulfed the cockpit of the small plane.
- When the cargo ship's engines failed in the middle of the stormy sea, it sent out a distress signal that was received by a nearby coast guard station.
- The astronauts were forced to send out a distress signal when their spacecraft's life support system began to malfunction.
- After the sailors had been adrift for days without food or water, they set off a distress signal in hopes of attracting the attention of passing ships.
- The controller detected a faint distress signal coming from a small plane that had gone missing earlier in the day.