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DEFCON

American  
[def-kon] / ˈdɛf kɒn /

noun

  1. any of several alert statuses for U.S. military forces, ranked numerically from normal, 5, to maximum readiness, 1.

Etymology

Origin of DEFCON

def(ense readiness) con(dition)

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