man-down
Soldier needs help
Man-down describes a situation where someone is incapacitated, injured, or otherwise unable to continue—originally military radio shorthand for a casualty: We've got a man down!
The term extends to any context where a team member is suddenly unavailable: We're man-down for tonight's game, The office is man-down with half the staff out sick.
As an adjective, it describes the resulting state of reduced capacity.
Person harmed in disaster
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- medicEmergency care provider
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- extractionAct of removing
firefight · combat · corpsman · stretcher · triage · evac · soldier · battlefield
Urgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- sensorInput-detecting device
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
guard · officer · patrol · response · dispatch · emergency · unconscious · surveillance
Physical or psychological harm
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
- substitutionExchange of one for another
- trainerOne who conditions others
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
stretcher · medical · foul · collision · tackle · concussion · cramp · referee
Punishment for wrongdoing
- shorthandedLacking sufficient staff
- power-playCoercive tactical advantage
- boxLidded storage container
- infractionMinor rule breach
disadvantage · clearing · defensive · goaltender · pressure · faceoff · holding · tripping
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
extraction · firefight · combat · corpsman · stretcher · triage · evac · soldier · battlefield · patrol
alarm
Urgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- sensorInput-detecting device
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
incapacitated · guard · officer · patrol · response · dispatch · emergency · unconscious · surveillance · notification
injury
Physical or psychological harm
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
- substitutionExchange of one for another
- trainerOne who conditions others
sideline · stretcher · medical · foul · collision · tackle · concussion · cramp · referee · bench
penalty
Punishment for wrongdoing
- shorthandedLacking sufficient staff
- power-playCoercive tactical advantage
- boxLidded storage container
infraction · disadvantage · clearing · defensive · goaltender · pressure · faceoff · holding · tripping · hooking
- Lacrosselacrosse stick, lacrosse ball, goal, goalie, attack
man-downall-clear
Signal danger has passed
all hands on deck · all systems go · up and running · standing tall
man, down, manly, manliness, manhood, mankind, manpower, unmanned, manned