alarm

alarm
[[t]əlɑ͟ː(r)m[/t]]
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alarms, alarming, alarmed
1) N-UNCOUNT: oft with/in N, N over/about n Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...

She sat up in alarm...

The moves reflect growing alarm over recent events.

Syn:
2) VERB If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

[V n] We could not see what had alarmed him.

Syn:
3) N-COUNT An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.

He heard the alarm go off.

...an extremely sophisticated alarm system...

The other man rang the alarm bell.

4) N-COUNT An alarm is the same as an alarm clock.
5) → See also , alarmed, , car alarm, , fire alarm, smoke alarm
6) PHRASE: N inflects If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.

This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...

Alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.

Syn:
warning bells
7) PHRASE: V inflects If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.

His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.


English dictionary. 2008.

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