Usually means: Immediate threat to public safety.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word Clear and present danger:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. clear and present danger: Vocabulary.com
  2. clear and present danger: Dictionary.com
  3. Clear And Present Danger, Clear and Present Danger (film), Clear and Present Danger, Clear-and-present danger, Clear and present danger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. clear and present danger: Rhymezone
  5. clear and present danger: FreeDictionary.org
  6. clear and present danger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. clear and present danger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. clear and present danger: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. clear and present danger: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Clear and Present Danger (novel), Clear and Present Danger, Clear-and-present danger: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Clear and present danger)

noun:  a doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States to determine under what circumstances limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, or assembly.
noun:  a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989.
noun:  a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's 1989 novel of the same name.
noun:  a doctrine adopted by the US Supreme Court to determine when limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms.


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