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alarm bell

NOUN

warning bell

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fire alarm

WEAK

burglar alarm danger signal tocsin

Example Sentences

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Though this hasn’t yet reached the scale of a pandemic, it’s essentially an alarm bell for any country that values human life.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Her husband telling your daughter to give up her job is an alarm bell.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

"Niscemi is another alarm bell... we must respond by changing our habits" and "choosing not to build in certain ways and in certain places".

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

I’ve been guilty of this as well: not ringing the alarm bell with sufficient urgency.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

Somewhere down below deck, a large alarm bell thrummed.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan