alarm
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(verb) arouse to a sense of danger; "The empty house alarmed him" |
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Synonyms: alert |
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Related Words: warn |
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| 2. |
(noun) a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
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Synonyms: alarm system, warning device |
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Related Words: automobile horn, burglar alarm, car horn, device, fire alarm, horn, motor horn, siren, smoke alarm |
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(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
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Synonyms: alarum, alert, warning signal |
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Related Words: alarm bell, burglar alarm, fire alarm, foghorn, fogsignal, horn, sign, signal, signaling, siren, tocsin |
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| 4. |
(noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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Synonyms: consternation, dismay |
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Related Words: fear, fearfulness, fright |
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| 5. |
(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm |
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Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify |
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Related Words: affright, fright, frighten, scare |
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| 6. |
(noun) wakes sleeper at preset time |
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Synonyms: alarm clock |
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Related Words: clock |
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