burglar alarm

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noun

an automatic device for giving an alarm when a window, door, safe, etc., is opened or tampered with, as by a burglar.

Origin:
1830–40

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burglar alarm
noun
1.	a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm; "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"
2.	a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary

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