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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm |
| Synonyms: | alert, bell, horn, sign, signal, siren, warning |
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| Main Entry: | bell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signaling object or sound |
| Synonyms: | alarm, buzz, buzzer, carillon, chime, clapper, curfew, ding-dong, dinger, gong, peal, ringer, siren, tintinnabulum, tocsin, toll, vesper |
| Main Entry: | carillon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of bells |
| Synonyms: | angelus, chimes, glockenspiel, gong, lyra, peal, tintinnabulation, tocsin |
| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; authorization |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, alarm, alert, beacon, bleep, blinker, cue, flag, flare, gesture, go-ahead, green light, high sign, indicator, mark, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, tocsin, token, wink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alarm bell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning bell |
| Synonyms: | burglar alarm, danger signal, fire alarm, tocsin |
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| Concept: | [Indication of danger.] Alarm. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-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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