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Noun alarm has 4 senses
- alarm, dismay, consternation - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
--1 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
- alarm, warning device, alarm system - a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
--2 is a kind of device
--2 has particulars:
- alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum - an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
--3 is a kind of signal, signaling, sign
--3 has particulars:
- alarm clock, alarm - a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
--4 is a kind of clock
Verb alarm has 2 senses
- dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
--1 is one way to frighten, fright, scare, affright
Sample sentence:
The bad news will alarm him
- alarm, alert - warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
--2 is one way to warn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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