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alarm

Roget category 669

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm

noun

alarmalarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distressblue lightswar-cry, war-whoopwarning etc. 668fogsignal, foghornyellow flagdanger signalred light, red flagfire bellpolice whistle.
false alarm, cry of wolfbug-bear, bugaboo.

verb

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 etc. n. — alarmwarn etc. 668ring the tocsinbattre la generale [Fr.]cry wolf.

adjective

alarming etc. v..

interjection

sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.]qui vive [Fr.].
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