alarm
IPA: ʌɫˈɑrm
noun
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A sudden attack; disturbance.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
verb
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger, or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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Examples of "alarm" in Sentences
- She deactivated the alarm.
- I rountinely set the alarm.
- The demarcated signs alarmed us.
- The ground situation was alarming.
- Everybody in the school is alarmed.
- They are dying in an alarming rate.
- That sounds alarming to people from the other nations of the UK.
- She has rung the tocsin, sounded the alarm, lit the signal fire.
- At first they don't see anyone in the cell, and the turnkey sounds the alarm.
- Meanwhile, the real Zephon has managed to untie himself and sounds the alarm.
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