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alert v. [
alarm] warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
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alert a. [
watchful] engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
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alert n. [
qui vive] condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
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alert n. [
alerting] a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
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alert s. [
brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
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