NOUN
- an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed
How To Use distress signal In A Sentence
- People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
- An orbiting satellite picked up a distress signal from the ship's emergency beacon, standard equipment on all modern boats.
- Your best chance of rescue is by sending a distress signal that gives your exact location. Times, Sunday Times
- Old Cermit went frantic, set off a distress signal that brought a resurrection team from the Edge, and they brought her back. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- Just as the Missouri left Earth orbit a top order distress signal came through.
- The Coast Guard picked up a distress signal from a freighter 50 miles out at sea.
- Bravo to the captain of the ship for acting on his good conscience when his distress signals fell on deaf ears.
- The airline confirmed that no distress signal was sent. Times, Sunday Times
- The Coast Guard picked up a distress signal from a freighter 50 miles out at sea.
- Even if the means could be found, there were reasons why they might never attempt to beam a distress signal into space.
