alarum

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Thus was the alarum sounded for more spit, less polish.

From Time Magazine Archive

When four days passed without sign of the boat Mrs. Minevitch set up an alarum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disturbed by the man’s alarum, we looked up from our labor and found a detachment of Redcoats running in formation for the gates.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

So the alarum was set, and they went to bed in peaceful anticipations of waking just in time.

From Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. by Shaw, Catharine

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From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert