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alarm

/ə'lɑrm/

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noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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consternation dismay

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fear fright fearfulness
verb
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
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"The empty house alarmed him"

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alert

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warn
noun
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
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alarm clock

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clock
noun
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
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alarm system warning device

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device
verb
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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appal appall dismay horrify

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fright scare frighten affright
noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
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alarum alert warning signal

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signaling sign signal

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