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| Concept: | [Indication of danger.] Alarm. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
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-nouns
alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle., false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.
-verbs
give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.
-adjectives
alarming
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| Concept: | [Motion given to an object situated in front] Propulsion. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy., [Science of propulsion] projectiles, ballistics, archery., [Devices to give propulsion] propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine., [Objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot., [Weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista (arms) [more]., shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter (combatant).
-verbs
propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip., dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork., send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, send forth, let fly; dash., put in motion, set in motion; set agoing, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel; trundle (set in rotation); expel., carry one off one's legs; put to flight.
-adjectives
propelled; propelling; propulsive, projectile.
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