signal flares
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignalandflare
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signal
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/us/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/
an action, movement, or sound that gives information, a message, a warning, or ...
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flare
noun
uk/fleər/us/fler/
a sudden increase in the brightness of ...
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(Definition ofsignalandflarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsignal flares
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His only contingency plan was that he would fire a redsignalflareto order all available forces to converge on his position for subsequent tasks.
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The recent changes to the law on handguns have not changed the law on signal flares.
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Wireless communications were still in their infancy, so the available methods were telephone, telegraph, semaphore, signal lamps, signal flares, homing pigeons and runners.
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Boron carbide has been identified as a possible replacement for more toxic barium or hexachloroethane mixtures in smoke munitions, signal flares and fireworks.
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He can set any combustible item on fire, melt thin metal walls, burn out impurities in chemicals and set up signal flares.
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Black powder is well suited for blank rounds, signal flares, burst charges, and rescue-line launches.
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All soldiers will respond to noise caused by the player, including using signal flares to call for reinforcements.
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Eddie lights and detonate signal flares which accidentally hit the ship and cause it to explode.
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Shuttle models attached to bottle rockets and signal flares were used for takeoff, and the smoke trail was created with salt that fell from the models.
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His only contingency plan was that he would fire a redsignalflareto order all available forces to converge on his position for subsequent tasks.
From
Wikipedia
The recent changes to the law on handguns have not changed the law on signal flares.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
She immediately launched colored signal flares to alert the rest of the fleet.
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Wireless communications were still in their infancy, so the available methods were telephone, telegraph, semaphore, signal lamps, signal flares, homing pigeons and runners.
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Wikipedia
Boron carbide has been identified as a possible replacement for more toxic barium or hexachloroethane mixtures in smoke munitions, signal flares and fireworks.
From
Wikipedia
He can set any combustible item on fire, melt thin metal walls, burn out impurities in chemicals and set up signal flares.
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Wikipedia
Black powder is well suited for blank rounds, signal flares, burst charges, and rescue-line launches.
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Wikipedia
All soldiers will respond to noise caused by the player, including using signal flares to call for reinforcements.
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Wikipedia
Eddie lights and detonate signal flares which accidentally hit the ship and cause it to explode.
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Wikipedia
Shuttle models attached to bottle rockets and signal flares were used for takeoff, and the smoke trail was created with salt that fell from the models.
From
Wikipedia
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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