Meaning of top secret | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed.
   not-comparable
2. A level of security clearance needed to access such information.
   not-comparable
3. Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.
   figuratively, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“NSA's report on the Liberty incident was originally classified top secret.”

“Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.”

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