amber alert
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), a girl who was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas. The upper-case spelling indicates a backronym: America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response.
Noun[edit]
amber alert (plural amber alerts)
Translations[edit]
public notification of a child abduction
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