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| alert |
to warn or give notice of an emergency or other impending event. [1/3 definitions] |
| bailout |
the act of parachuting out of an airplane to escape an impending disaster. [1/3 definitions] |
| brew |
to form or develop in an impending or ominous manner. [1/9 definitions] |
| cry havoc |
to warn of impending disaster. |
| forebode |
to have a presentiment or premonition of (impending misfortune). [1/4 definitions] |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. [1/4 definitions] |
| safe house |
a dwelling used by a spy agency, underground organization, or the like as a refuge for its members, or by a police organization to protect witnesses whose impending testimony endangers their lives. |
| stare one in the face |
to be clearly obvious or impending. |
| sword of Damocles |
any impending or threatening danger. |
| threat |
a warning or sense of impending trouble or harm. [1/3 definitions] |
| warning |
a signal or notice of an impending situation, esp. a dangerous one. [1/4 definitions] |
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