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`alarm
`[uhlahrm]
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`noun
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`a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension;
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`fright.
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`any sound, outcry, or information intended to warn of approaching danger:
`Paul Revere raced through the countryside raising the alarm that the British were coming.
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`an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire,
`smoke, an intruder, etc.
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`a warning sound; signal for attention.
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`Animal Behavior. any sound, outcry, chemical discharge, action, or other signal that functions
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`Fencing. an appeal or a challenge made by a step or stamp on the ground with the advancing
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`Archaic. a call to arms.
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`verb (used with object)
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`to make fearful or apprehensive; distress.
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`to warn of danger; rouse to vigilance and swift measures for safety.
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`to fit or equip with an alarm or alarms, as for fire, smoke, or robbery:
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`to alarm one's house and garage.
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`Origin of alarm
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`Middle French
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`Middle English
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`Old Italian
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`13501400
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`13501400; Middle English alarme, alarom < Middle French < Old Italian allarme, noun from
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`phrase all'arme to (the) arms. See arm (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/arm)
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`Related forms
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`alarmable, adjective
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` [uhlahrmidlee] (Show IPA), adverb
`alarmedly
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`prealarm, verb (used with object), noun
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`unalarmed, adjective
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`Synonyms
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`1. consternation; terror, panic. See fear (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fear). 8. See
`frighten (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/frighten).
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`Then, around 8:30, every alarm went off, all of them blaring at the same time.
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`There will be no differences among them when an alarm comes in and they all respond as firefighters when an alarm
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`Firefighter’s Son in Iconic 1995 Funeral Photo Follows His Dad’s Deadly Steps
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`Why his suspicioussounding pun name didn't set off alarm bells is anybody's guess, but lesson learned.
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`British Dictionary definitions for alarm
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`alarm
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`/əˈlɑːm/
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`verb (transitive)
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`to fill with apprehension, anxiety, or fear
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`2.
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`to warn about danger; alert
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`3.
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`to fit or activate a burglar alarm on a house, car, etc
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`noun
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`4.
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`fear or terror aroused by awareness of danger; fright
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`Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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`Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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`Word Origin and History for alarm
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`early 14c., from Old French alarme (14c.), from Italian all'arme "to arms!" (literally "to the
`arms"). An interjection that came to be used as the word for the call or warning (cf. alert
`(/browse/alert)). Extended 16c. to "any sound to warn of danger or to arouse." Weakened sense
`of "apprehension, unease" is from 1833. Variant alarum is due to the rolling r in the vocalized
`form. Sometimes in early years anglicized as allarm. Alarm clock is attested from 1690s (as A
`Larum clock).
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`v.
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`1580s, from alarm (/browse/alarm) (n.). Related: Alarmed (/browse/Alarmed); alarming.
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`Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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`Related Abbreviations for alarm
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`ALARM
`airlaunched antiradiation missile
`The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
`Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`alarm in the Bible
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`a particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their
`journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a warnote (Jer. 4:19; 49:2;
`Zeph. 1:16).
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`Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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`Idioms and Phrases with alarm
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`alarm
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`see: false alarm (/browse/false alarm)
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