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
alarm —
alarum,
larum†,
alarm bell,
tocsin,
alerts,
beat of drum,
sound of trumpet,
note of alarm,
hue and cry,
fire cross,
signal of distress —
blue lights —
war-cry,
war-whoop —
warning
etc.
668 —
fogsignal,
foghorn —
yellow flag —
danger signal —
red light,
red flag —
fire bell —
police whistle.
false alarm,
cry of wolf —
bug-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. —
alarm —
warn
etc.
668 —
ring the tocsin —
battre 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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