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  Definition of qui vive
  1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
Similar Words: alert

 

Hyponyms: air alert, red alert, strip alert

 

Derivational Morphology: alarm, alert

 

 
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