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amber alert

noun

Etymology

Named for 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.

Definitions

  1. A public notification of a child abduction.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of amber alert.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA