ADJECTIVE: "watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
(verb)
1. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
(adjective)
1. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
2. mentally perceptive and responsive

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EMERGENCY (noun)
1. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
2. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
ADJECTIVE (adjective)
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
ADJECTIVE (noun)
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns

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