Emergency Alert System

Definitions of Emergency Alert System
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: EAS
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    example of:
    alert, alerting
    a warning that serves to make you more alert to danger
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