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alerting

DEFINITIONS OF: alerting

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n a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

Synonyms:
alert
Examples:
Emergency Alert System
a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events
Type of:
warning
a message informing of danger

n a state of readiness to respond

alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”
Synonyms:
alertness
Type of:
arousal
a state of heightened physiological activity
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