signal rocket
Example Sentences
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As the troops started out at night, for their assault, a signal rocket went up from Washington.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.
From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas
We'll shoot the end of the cable down by signal rocket, out in the lowlands, and stop the winch when we've made contact, long enough to attach the rest of the cargo to the cable.
From Atom Drive by Fontenay, Charles Louis
But that only decided me the more to go on; and as the signal rocket was fired, the word was given, and on we went.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
At that time he escaped but was afterwards pardoned; the signal rocket was to be fired from his storehouse in Cavite.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
