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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A signal for a hasty emotional response to an emergency.
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- noun An
emergency button which, when pressed,alerts authorities of danger or triggers analarm system.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency
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