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Definition of alarm



Overview of noun alarm

The noun alarm has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) alarm, dismay, consternation

(fear resulting from the awareness of danger)

2. (3) alarm, warning device, alarm system

(a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)

3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum

(an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)

4. alarm clock, alarm

(a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time)


Overview of verb alarm

The verb alarm has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify

(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")

2. (1) alarm, alert

(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")