alarum
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a·la·rum
 (ə-lär'əm, -lār'-) Pronunciation Key
n. A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms: "This instrument called television can teach and illuminate, cautioned Edward R. Murrow, but only to the extent that its operators choose to use it.... An era later ... Murrow's alarum remains as up to date as tonight's news" (Harry F. Waters). [Middle English alarom, variant of alarm, alarm; see alarm.] |
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| alarum | |
noun | |
| an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: alarm] |
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Alarum
A*lar"um\ (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n.] See Alarm. [Now Poetic] Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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