Usually means: Urgent request for immediate assistance.
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  1. distress call: Merriam-Webster
  2. distress call: Collins English Dictionary
  3. distress call: Vocabulary.com
  4. distress call: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. distress call: Dictionary.com
  6. Distress call: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. distress call: Rhymezone
  8. distress call: FreeDictionary.org
  9. distress call: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. distress call: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. distress call: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed


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