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alarm bell

noun as in warning bell

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Come on, stand up, brother, father, toll the tocsin [alarm bell]!

The turnout Tuesday should serve as an alarm bell to Democrats, who have been frenetically organizing in Wisconsin for months.

More recent studies, Sassler says, signal an alarm bell only for a select group: serial cohabiters.

“This is not just an alarm bell,” wrote Maurizio Belpietro, editor of the right-wing newspaper Il Libero, of the results.

“This is not just an alarm bell,” wrote Maurizio Belpietro, editor of the newspaper Il Libero, of the results.

It was said "the fire began in Virginia;" "Virginia rang the alarm bell;" "Virginia gave the signal for the continent."

When will the alarm-bell in the clock of Roman time ring out its awaking peal?

It was the alarm-bell, and Ned the saturnine, rebellious in reason and loyal in love, stood at the wheel.

Her feet as she descended the stairs were of lead, the brazen notes of the alarm-bell hummed in her ears.

I expected to hear the fire-bell, but I was told that the Londoners have no alarm-bell of any kind.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alarm bell, such as: fire alarm, burglar alarm, danger signal, and tocsin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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