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alarm
(/@/'l/A/rm )

noun (n)

  • fear resulting from the awareness of danger(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    consternation, dismay
    source: wordnet30
  • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    alarm system, warning device
    source: wordnet30
  • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    alarum, alert, warning signal
    source: wordnet30
  • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    alarm clock
    source: wordnet30
  • A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    appal, appall, dismay, horrify
    source: wordnet30
  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The empty house alarmed him.
    Synonym:
    alert
    source: wordnet30
  • To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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