Usually means: Communication indicating urgent need for help.
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  1. distress signal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. distress signal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distress signal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. distress signal: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. distress signal: Wiktionary
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  9. Distress signal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (distress signal)

noun:  An emergency signal sent by radio (or other means) from a ship or aircraft in distress or danger.
noun:  An indication of distress.

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