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Meaning of 'alarm'
Meaning of 'alarm' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Alarm 
[ n.]
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. [ n.]- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
2. Alarm [ v. t.]
- To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the
alert. [ v. t.]- To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Meaning of 'alarm' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. alarm [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Example in sentence:
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview;
- The news of the executions horrified us
Meaning (2):
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
Example in sentence:
- The empty house alarmed him;
- We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries
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