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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Top secret

/täp sēk'-rət/ · Top· sec·ret · IPA
01 a. containing information whose disclosure could result in grave danger to the national security; -- the highest of the three commonly known l…
  1. 1.
    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 and secret.(Mil.)
  2. 2.
    kept secret by very careful and strict rules for disclosure.