DISTRESS
The word 'distress' has various meanings:-
★ Distress is a kind of suffering.
★ In medicine, 'distress' is stress caused by adverse events.
★ In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance".
★ Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.
★ Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.
★ Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.
★ In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.
★ '''Distress''' is a novel by Greg Egan
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