signal flare
Bright distress marker
A signal flare is a pyrotechnic device that produces bright light or colored smoke, used to attract attention or mark a location in emergencies.
Boats carry them for distress signals; hikers use them when lost.
Figuratively, anything that dramatically calls attention to a problem: The resignation was a signal flare that something was deeply wrong.
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- mayday callSpoken emergency distress signal
- rescueSave from harm
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
ship in distress · smoke · red · bright · burning · SOS · cry for help · maritime · pilot · survivor · life raft · lost at sea · night · sky · phosphorus · launch · visible · warning
- flaresfusee
- Fireworksfirework, sparklers, mortars, burst, bursts
- rescue equipmentlife jacket, life vest, life buoy, life preserver, life net
- Boating Gearanchor chain, bilge pump, boat hook, bow light, bow line
- distress signalsdistress beacon, emergency beacon, rescue beacon, ELT, locator beacon
- aviation signalstransponder, transponders, navigation lights, strobe lights, landing lights
signal flarecamouflage
Concealment through visual blending
blackout · dark lantern · concealment · invisibility cloak · ghillie suit
signal flareradio silence
Absence of broadcast communication
going dark · blackout · silence · signal jamming · dead drop
signal flareescape route
Planned exit path
hiding place · safe house · bunker · shelter · evasion
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