Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives.
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Mayday
Synonyms for "mayday" (54 found)
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The emergency call "Mayday" comes from the French sentence, "Venez m'aider."
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Mayday, mayday!
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Mayday, Mayday!
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