Alert and Wake

Alert

Alert verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

Usage example: alerted us to the possibility that the roads would be flooded and we might have to take a detour

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Wake and alert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Alert".

Nearby Words: alertness, alerted, alerting, alerter

Wake verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

Usage example: a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Alert and wake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alert" instead a verb "Wake".

Nearby Words: waken, waking, wakened, wakeful, wakening

good	good alert	good wake
full	full alert	full wake
original	original alert	original wake
loud	loud alert	loud wake
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, massive, big, mock, immediate.

people	alert people	wake people
parents	alert parents	wake parents
way	alert way	wake way
world	alert world	wake world
Other words: daddy, police, anyone, wizard, everyone.

This will either wake him in a state of profound grief that she didn't tell him, or will wake him instantly, fully alert.

Source: Insulted Awake
Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World: Humphrey is in college, but otherwise the trope applies — when an alert comes in, the professor just says he'll e-mail the next assignment.

Source: Webcomic / Use Sword on Monster
Morgan of LoadingReadyRun will instantly wake up and stand at alert if anyone so much as uncaps a Sharpie within earshot of him due to this.

Source: Face Doodling

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