alarum

a·la·rum

A0175300 (ə-lär′əm, -lăr′-)n. A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms.

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[Middle English alarom, variant of alarm, alarm; see alarm.]

alarum

(əˈlærəm; -ˈlɑːr-; -ˈlɛər-) n1. archaic an alarm, esp a call to arms2. (Theatre) (used as a stage direction, esp in Elizabethan drama) a loud disturbance or conflict (esp in the phrase alarums and excursions)[C15: variant of alarm]

a•lar•um

(əˈlær əm, əˈlɑr-)

n. Archaic. a call to arms; alarm.

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alarum - an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of dangerwarning signal, alarm, alerttorpedo - a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger aheadsignal, signaling, sign - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"air alert - the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy air attackburglar alarm - a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm; "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"fire alarm - a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken outfoghorn, fogsignal - a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound shipshorn - a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;red flag - a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"siren - a warning signal that is a loud wailing soundalarm bell, tocsin - the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

alarum

nounA signal that warns of imminent danger:alarm, alert, tocsin, warning.