bomb threat
Evacuation-triggering menace call
A bomb threat is a warning, genuine or false, that an explosive device has been or will be placed in a location.
Most bomb threats are hoaxes intended to cause disruption, evacuations, or panic rather than actual harm: The school was evacuated after a bomb threat.
Making a bomb threat is a serious crime regardless of whether any bomb exists.
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- shelter in placeEmergency stay-inside order
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- suspicious packagePotentially dangerous unidentified item
- emergencySerious sudden danger
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- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- weapons crimesweapons charge, illegal possession, armed robbery, armed assault, gun trafficking
- aviation crimeshijacking, skyjacking, air piracy, air rage, unruly passenger
- aviation threatshijacking, skyjacking, terrorism, explosive, box cutter
- Nuclear Threatsnuclear terrorism, plutonium, enriched uranium, radioactive material, cesium
threat vs. reassurance
bomb threatall-clear
Signal danger has passed
security clearance · reassurance · false alarm · peace of mind · welcome message
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