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top secret
CIDE DICTIONARY
top secret, a.
- containing information whose disclosure could result in grave danger to the national security; -- the highest of the three commonly known levels of national security classification, the others being
confidential andsecret ."The names of the higher levels of secrecy classification are themselves classified secrets." [PJC] - kept secret by very careful and strict rules for disclosure. [PJC]
THESAURUS
top secret
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top secret
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