Usually means: Nuclear weapon accident or loss.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Broken Arrow: Merriam-Webster
  2. Broken Arrow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Broken Arrow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Broken Arrow, broken arrow: Wiktionary
  5. Broken Arrow: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. broken arrow: Dictionary.com
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  8. Broken Arrow: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. broken arrow: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Broken Arrow: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Broken Arrow, The Broken Arrow: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Broken Arrow)

noun:  (technical) A callout marker that consists of a dashed line with an arrowhead.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, arrow.
noun:  (US, euphemistic, military) An accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but does not create the risk of nuclear war.

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