Definition of alarum Alarum
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What does alarum mean?
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| alarum - an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | ||
| alarm, alert, warning signal | ||
| signaling, signal, sign any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" | ||
| torpedo armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target | ||
| air alert the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy air attack | ||
| burglar alarm a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary | ||
| fire alarm an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke | ||
| fogsignal, foghorn a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone | ||
| horn one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | ||
| red flag something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull" | ||
| siren eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- alarum (n.)
See Alarm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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alarum
al-är′um, n. and v.t. same as Alarm—now used, except poetically, only of an alarum-clock
Part of speech
🔤- alarum, noun, singular of alarums.
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