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alarm

Nouns

• (n) fear resulting from the awareness of danger consternation, dismay,
• (n) a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event alarm system, warning device,
• (n) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger alarum, warning signal, alert,
• (n) a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time alarm clock,

Verbs

• (v) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
  • The news of the executions horrified us
  horrify, appal, appall, dismay,
• (v) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
  • The empty house alarmed him
  • We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries
  alert,

Synonyms

consternation dismay horrify appal appall alarm system warning device alert alarum warning signal alarm clock

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