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still alarm

–noun
a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or the like, that is activated silently and transmits a warning signal, usually by telephone.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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still alarm  
n.  A fire alarm transmitted silently, as by telephone, rather than by sounding the conventional signal apparatus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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