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Alarm

Definition: Alarm

Alarm

Noun

1. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.

2. A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.

3. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.

4. A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time.

Verb

1. Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview".

2. Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "alarm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Alarm

DomainDefinition

Bible

Alarm a particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2; Zeph. 1:16). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Labor

Call for help in case of accident. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Alarm An outcry made to give notice of danger. (Italian, all' arme, "to arms;" French, alarme.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Public Administration

Alarm signal for alerting the fire service or people endangered by fire. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Alarm

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Alarms are used in a variety of places to give warning of a problem. The commonest are burglar alarms, designed to warn of intrusions, and safety alarms, which go off if a dangerous condition occurs. Common public safety alarms include tornado sirens and fire alarms. See also air raid siren. Alarms, from innocuous sirens to actual smoke detectors, have the capability of causing a fight or flight response in humans; a person under this mindset will panic and either flee the perceived danger or attempt to eliminate it, often ignoring rational thought in either case.

With any kind of alarm, there is a need to balance between the danger of false alarms (called a false positive) -- the signal going off in the absence of a problem -- and failing to signal an actual problem (called a false negative). False alarms can be expensive to respond to, and even dangerous. For example, false alarms of a fire can waste firefighter manpower, making them unavailable for a real fire, and risk injury to firefighters and others as the fire engines race to the location where there is believed to be a fire. In addition, false alarms lead people to ignore the alarm signal, and thus possibly to ignore an actual emergency: this is the lesson of Aesop's fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Alarms are generated by distributed control manufacturing systems or DCS's found in nucleur power plants, refineries and chemical facilities. See Alarm management.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alarm."

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ALARM

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

ALARM (Air Launched Anti Radar Missile) is a British missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of suppression of enemy air defence.

History

Notes

ALARM is a fire-and-forget system, with an added loiter capability.

In loiter mode, ALARM will, when launched, climb to an altitude of 13 km. If the target radar shuts down, the missile will deploy a parachute and descend slowly until the radar lights up. The missile will then fire a secondary motor to attack the target.

Inventory

Combat Performance

ALARM has been used in these conflicts:

Characteristics

See also

External link

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ALARM."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Alarm

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ALARM

EnglishAssociation for Legal Auto-Radio MeasuresN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Alarm

Synonyms: alarm clock (n), alarm system (n), alarum (n), consternation (n), warning device (n), warning signal (n), alert (v), appal (v), appall (v), dismay (v), horrify (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Alarm

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Alarm

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; Noun: alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.

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; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle.

False alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.

Danger

Cause for alarm; source of danger. rock ahead, breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering; warning; alarm.

Fear

Inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise aprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze; faze, feeze; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry " wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.

Hesitate; (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk; (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly; (avoid).

Fright; affright, affrightment; boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede.

Indication

Wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; Noun: wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue; (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.

Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary.

Instantaneity

Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry.

Insulation, Fire extinction

Fire alarm, evacuation alarm,

Warning

Verb: warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace; (threaten); put on one's guard; sound the alarm; croak.

Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Alarm

English words defined with "alarm": about, Affrightment, alarm bell, Alarm post, alarming, all but, almost, appal, appall, arouse, awake, awakenbreak, Burglar alarmcome alive, connected, Counter paroledismayemptyfire alarm, fire bellGathering peathorn, horrify, Huerjump, just aboutLarummostnear, nearly, nighOuthessPicket guardreign of terrorScarefire, security, security consultant, security measures, security system, Skirlcock, smoke alarm, start, startle, startled, startling, StoundTill alarm, To beat up, To make it strange, To ring the bells backward, To scare up, tocsin, trepidationunalarmingvirtuallywake, wake up, waken, warning bell, well-nigh. (references)
Specialty definitions using "alarm": accidental alarm, adjuster and inspector, ADJUSTER, ALARM MECHANISM, aero, alarm and status handler, alarm indicators, alarm initiating device, ALARM INVESTIGATOR, ALARM OPERATOR, alarm-signal operator, Alarum Bell, armed guard, ASSEMBLER, MOVEMENT, AUTOCLAVE OPERATOR II, automatic booked callbelt protection device, bunker clothes, bunker clothing, BushrangersCARDIAC MONITOR TECHNICIAN, causing fear and alarm among the population, CHANGE PERSON, CLOCK ASSEMBLER, COMPLAINT EVALUATION OFFICERDetectable Leak Rate, differential alarm driver, DISPATCHER, RADIO, doorshaker, DOWN, drop-board operator, dx board operatorEDDY-CURRENT INSPECTOR, electronic tramp iron detector, endangering the life or health of anotherFINAL INSPECTOR, finishing inspector, fire-alarm dispatcher, FIRE-INVESTIGATION LIEUTENANT, FIRE-PROTECTION ENGINEER, FLASH-DRIER OPERATOR, flaw detector, fog bellGongHAMMER ADJUSTER, heat treater, high level alarmINCUBUS, INDUCTION-COORDINATION POWER ENGINEER, investigator operatorloss of signalMERCHANT PATROLLEROblivion, operator, circuit, operator, direct wireparity alarm, POLICE OFFICER, CRIME PREVENTION, police radio dispatcher, priority interrupt, PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATORremote alarmingSCI port, security agent, serial communications interface port, SET-KEY DRIVER, SET-STAFF FITTER, signal timer, spiralarm methanometer, station operator, SUPERVISOR, IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, SUPERVISOR, PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATIONS, switch maintenance port, Syringetele-alarm service, TELECOMMUNICATOR, telemetry technicia, threats, turnoutsunacknowledged alarmvoid detectorwatch inspector, final movement, watch-assembly inspector. (references)
Etymologies containing "alarm": Scarefire. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Alarm" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (alarm), Albanian (alarm, alert, warning), Danish (alarm), Dutch (alarm), German (air-raid warning, alarm, alert, tocsin), Indonesian (alarm), Papiamen (alarm), Serbo-Croatian (alarm, alarum, siren), Swedish (alarm, alarms, hubbub, tocsin), Turkish (alarm).

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Modern Usage: Alarm

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.)

That is my virgin alarm, it goes off before you do (Spaceballs; writing credit: Mel Brooks and Ronny Graham.)

False alarm then (Arachnophobia; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Al Williams)

If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi (Earthquake; writing credit: George Fox; Mario Puzo)

I- I- I watched him for fifteen years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall - looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Sheriff (Halloween; writing credit: John Carpenter; Debra Hill)

Lyrics

But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm. (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith)

The six o'clock alarm would never ring (Daydream Believer; performing artist: The Monkees)

If my burgular alarm starts ringin (Warning; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.)

Car alarm won't let you back to sleep (Electrical Storm; performing artist: U2)

Movie/TV Titles

Polizeiruf 110 - Alarm am See (1973)

Alarm (1969)

Cat Alarm (1961)

Alarm im Zirkus (1954)

Claws for Alarm (1954)

Song Titles

Incense and Peppermints (performing artist: Strawberry Alarm Clock)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Alarm

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Battery- or AC-Powered Alarm Clocks with Clock Movements: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

  • Build Your Own Digital Door Alarm (Hands-On High Tech Series) (reference)

  • Cause for Alarm (reference)

  • Cause for Alarm (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (reference)

  • Fire Alarm Signaling Systems/Fass94 (reference)

  • How To Circumvent A Security Alarm In 10 Seconds Or Less : An Insider's Guide To How It's Done And How To Prevent It (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Aiwa FR-CD3000 Digital Alarm Clock Radio with Am/FM Tnr, CD-R/RW, Vert CD, Slp Tmr, Dl Alrm, Stereo Spkrs, Backlit LCD and Weekend Alarm Skip (reference)

  • Timex TX60L Rock 'n' Roll Clock Radio (Stereo CD, Mystery Phrases, Dual Alarm) (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Alarm

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Natives capturing the sea-lion; springing the alarm Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1873. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 14 July 1877, depicting (from top to bottom): "1. American Torpedo Vessel Alarm", with her torpedo projecting equipment deployed; "2. Outrigged Torpedo Pinnace attacking an Iron-clad"; "3. A Launch laying down Submarine Mines to protect Entrance to Harbor"; "4. Electrical Pinnace with Counter-Mines"; and "5. Whitehead Torpedo". This engraving accompanied an article entitled "Torpedo Warfare", which is reproduced in Photo # NH 95129 (extended caption). Credit: NAVY.

Playing her searchlights on USS Alarm, at left, and USS Vesuvius, at right. Watercolor by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, published as a chromolithograph in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897. Credit: NAVY.

Indian alarm on the Cimarron River / E. Didier ; A.L. Dick. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. torpedo boat Alarm, [Brooklyn] Navy Yard, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Blue jeans "will never wear out" : by Joseph Arthur, author of "The still alarm.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Alarm
 

"Alarm clock" by Kemie Guaida
Commentary: "White alarm clock, white background."
"Fire alarm" by bizilagun design
Commentary: "Fire alarm at Madrid's airport."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Alarm".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Alarm for a flatline on a heart rate monitor.Fire alarm ringing to signify a building fire.
House alarm going off when a burglar enters.School bell ringing to signify the end of class; fire alarm bell ringing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Alarm

AuthorQuotation

Fuller

The blush is nature's alarm at the approach of sin, and her testimony to the dignity of virtue.

James Madison

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

Joseph Hall

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Alarm

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

It had been serviceable in deadening the first shock, without retaining any influence to alarm.

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

AFTER a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Five years of sojourn between those four walls, and of absence from among men, had necessarily destroyed or dispersed the elements of alarm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Alarm

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In most allergic reactions, however, the immune system is responding to a false alarm. (references)

Such difficulties may be a bother, but usually they are not serious enough to cause alarm. (references)

In other words, the monitor must be efficacious in recognizing apnea and triggering its alarm for prolonged apnea. (references)

Business

Car alarm stores advertise their products in newspaper and leaflets. (references)

Steps are being taken in Abu Dhabi to install a modern central alarm system. (references)

Alarm systems are connected either to radio or telephone, some cases directly to the police. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brunei

The Government has voiced alarm about "outsiders" preaching radical Islamic fundamentalist or unorthodox beliefs. (references)

Fiji

This description includes anything the Government considers false news that could create or foster public alarm or result in "detriment" to the public. (references)

Kenya

In February 2000, John Wandetto, a journalist for The People who was arrested in 1999, received an 18-month jail sentence for writing a report that "risked causing alarm." During the year, Wandetto appealed the sentence to the High Court, which ruled in his favor; he was released. (references)

Economic History

Chile

Currently in Chile, for a monthly fee of approximately US$ 25, an alarm system can be installed in homes that includes maintenance, guarantee, and connection to a surveillance center. (references)

Australia

BIS Shrapnel warns that the current decline should not cause alarm, as in reality the decline represents only a small proportion of the increases experienced during the last eight years. (references)

Australia

BIS-Shrapnel warns that the current decline should not cause alarm, as in reality the decline represents only a small proportion of the increases experienced during the last eight years. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

During June and August, the State of Alarm suspended these constitutionally established freedoms. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

Some citizens are wary of proselytizing and conversion by Christians and, therefore, view the presence of Christianity with alarm. (references)

Political Economy

Colombia

In addition, she expressed alarm at apparent links between paramilitary groups and members of the armed forces. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

All interior renovations, including alarm systems, must be completed by this time. (references)

Worker Rights

Bangladesh

On August 8, 18 garment workers were trampled to death because an exit gate jammed as they were fleeing a factory after a fire alarm. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Alarm

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Tony Blair

I think everyone is concerned. And it's a very difficult issue, this, because, from a government perspective, you've got to try and take all measures you can to guard against it. On the other hand, you don't want to alarm people.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Alarm

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties.

William H. Taft

1909-1913To render the reforms lasting, however, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progressive business methods, further legislative and executive action are needed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Alarm

"Alarm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.49% of the time. "Alarm" is used about 1,949 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.49%1,8224,657
Lexical Verb (infinitive)4.82%9433,845
Lexical Verb (base form)1.69%3360,273
                    Total100.00%1,949N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Alarm

Expressions using "alarm": accidental alarm alarm and status handler Alarm bell alarm call alarm call service Alarm clock alarm device alarm for instruction Alarm gauge alarm indicators alarm initiating device alarm oneself alarm or indicator Alarm post alarm severity alarm signal alarm system audible alarm automatic fire alarm beat an alarm boof alarm burglar alarm cause alarm causing fear and alarm among the population cry out in alarm differential alarm driver Earthquake alarm evacuation alarm false alarm false alarm rate fire alarm flag alarm Fog alarm give the alarm high level alarm Low water alarm malicious false alarm parity alarm pilot alarm practice alarm radio alarm raise the alarm remote alarm indication ring the alarm smoke alarm sound an alarm sound the alarm sounding an alarm state of alarm system alarm indications take alarm Till alarm travel alarm clock unacknowledged alarm. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "alarm": alarm-bells, alarm-bird, alarm-call, alarm-clocks, alarm-post, alarm-quacks.

Ending with "alarm": burglar-alarm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alarm

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

zone alarm

11,924

4 alarm pro zone

169

car alarm

2,804

car alarm system

165

alarm clock

2,536

clifford alarm

164

alarm

1,766

driveway alarm

164

zone alarm pro

883

smoke alarm

161

alarm system

732

motorcycle alarm

155

burglar alarm

458

home security alarm

133

free zone alarm

436

door alarm

130

home alarm system

394

travel alarm clock

127

viper alarm

323

zone alarm free download

123

auto alarm

316

wireless alarm

122

home alarm

315

burglar alarm system

121

fire alarm

290

fire alarm system

121

car alarm viper

276

bed wetting alarm

120

pool alarm

260

alarm monitoring

118

personal alarm

212

zone alarm download

118

security alarm

188

free burglar alarm

113

code alarm

186

alarm birthday

99

computer alarm clock

181

firewall zone alarm

97

zen alarm clock

179

cd alarm clock

97
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Alarm

Language Translations for "alarm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

wekker (alarm clock, alarmclock), konsternasie (consternation), beroer (abet, agitate, incite, stir, stir up, touch lightly), benou (agitate), alarmeer (raise, raise the alarm, sound, sound the alarm), alarm. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

alarmoj (disquiet, startle), alarm (alert, warning), vë në merak, turbulloj (abash, addle, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, embarrass, fog, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, perturb, rile, roil, trouble, unhinge, unsettle), shqetësoj (agitate, ail, bother, break up, concern, denationalize, discommode, discompose, disquiet, distemper, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, fash, flurry, fret, Harrow, Harry, incommode, move, peeve, perturb, plague, pother, preoccupy, ruffle, trouble, vex, worry), rrëmujë (bustle, clutter, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), panik (flap, funk, panic, scare), i alarmuar. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏هجوم مباغت (descent), ‏نبه إلى خطر, ‏ذعر (be astonished, consternation, creep, flap, frighten, panic, terror, terrorization, trepidation), ‏إنذار بخطر, ‏أرهب (browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, dread, horrify, overawe, shoot up, terrify, terrorize), ‏أرعب (appal, appall, daunt, dismay, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, panic, stagger, terrorize), ‏أداة انذار. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вдигам тревога, паникьосвам (scare), предупреждавам за опасност, безпокойство (anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry), безпокоя (agitate, ail, bother, chivy, discompose, disturb, exercise, fash, feeze, gall, inconvenience, molest, pother, put about, vex, worry), бойна тревога, будилник (alarm clock, alarum), изплашвам (frighten, rouse, scare, scarring, start, startle, stun, warn away), аларма (alarum), страх (apprehension, dismay, dread, fear, fright, funk, horror, terror), тревожа (ail, disturb, exercise, fuss, perturb, put about, weigh on, worrit, worry), тревога (agitation, alert, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), сигнал за бойна тревога, сигнален (sematic, signal), смущение (abashment, bewilderment, confusion, discomposure, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, intimidation, muddle, perplexity, perturbation, ruffle, uneasiness, upset), уплаха (affright, fright, jitters, scare, shock, stir), алармирам. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

alarma. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

驚動 (alert, disturb), (chestnut horse, to be frightened, to be scared, to start), 警报 (Alertness), 警報 (alert, alert signal, warning). (various references)

   

Czech

  

alarmovat (alert), znepokojit (agitate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, upset), zalarmovat, zařízení (apparatus, appliance, appointment, arrangement, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, facilities, facility, furnishing, gadget, installation, institution, unit), vyplašit (alert, frighten away, rouse, startle, work up), vylekat (terrify, unnerve), vyburcovat (arouse, rouse, stir), strach (apprehension, dread, dribbler, fear, fright, tremor), poplach (alert, scare, tumult, warning), neklid (anxiety, discomfort, disquiet, ferment, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, malaise, uneasiness, unrest, worry), úzkost (anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, distress, heartache, worry). (various references)

   

Danish

  

alarm (alert, system alarm indications). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

alarmeren (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm slaan (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm (fire alarm, warning device), aanslaan (bark, dim, get blurred, give tongue, raise the alarm, rebound, root, salute, sound the alarm, strike, tax). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

alarmsignalo (alarm-signal), alarmo, alarmilo, alarmi. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

skelkur (consternation), ræða (frighten), bilsni (consternation). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مضطرب کردن (Distress, Upset), هراسان کردن , هراس (Feeze, Fright, Panic), ساعت زنگی (Repeater, Striker), اگاهی ازخطر, ازخطراگاهانیدن , اخطار (Caveat, Notice, Notification, Premonition, Signal, Tipoff), اشوب (Commotion, Convulsion, Misrule, Revolution, Riot, Ruckus, Sedition, Tumult, Turbulence, Unrest), شیپورحاضرباش , بیم ووحشت . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hälytys. (various references)

   

French

  

alarme (alert), alerte (alert, alertness), alarmer (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), inquiétude, alerter (alert, raise the alarm, sound the alarm). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

alaarm. (various references)

   

German

  

Alarm (air-raid warning, alert, tocsin), alarmieren (alert, call out, to alarm), beunruhigen (agitate, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, faze, harass, perturb, to agitate, to alarm, to disquiet, to disturb, to faze, to trouble, trouble, unsettle, worry), beängstigen (agitate, daunt, frighten, to frighten). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συναγερμός (alert, beaconing, fire alarm, warning device), τρομάζω (appal, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, petrify, scare, startle, terrify). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשמם (shock, stupefy), לעורר (alert, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, prompt, spark, spirit, stimulate, stir up), להשמים (be stupefied, horrify, shock), להשם (destroy, devastate, horrify, ruin), להזעיק (fetch, rally), להבהיל (frighten, scare, startle), תרועה (blare, blast, cheer, cry, shout, tattoo, trumpet call), אימה (awe, dread, fear, luridness, menace, terror), אזעקה (alert, call up), חרדה (anxiety, dread, horror, luridness, trepidation), בהילות (haste, hurry, panic), בהלה (dismay, fright, panic, rush, scare, trepidation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

riadó (alert, alert to), riaszt (alert, raise the alarm, sound an alarm, sound the alarm, to alarm, to alert), ijedtség (affright, dread, fright, shock, shy, turn). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

vara við hættu (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), uppþot, herblástur, hættumerki (alarm-signal). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

alarm, menggelisahkan (alarming, fidget), mencemaskan (worry about), menakutkan (awful, chiller, daunt, dreadful, ercy, ghastly, horrible, horrify, terrify). (various references)

   

Irish

  

alÚram, scaoll, rabhadh, clog alÚraim. (various references)

   

Italian

  

allarme (alert, apprehensiveness, concern, scare, warning), sveglia (alarm clock, alarmclock, reveille, wake-up, waking up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

警笛 (foghorn, horn, whistle). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひじょうしんごう, ほうちき, アラーム , けいほうき, けいほう (criminal law, penal code, warning, warning shot), けいてき (edification, enlightenment, foghorn, formidable foe, guide, horn, whistle). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경보 (Alarming). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tharmane (atmospherics, blow, boom, boom noise, clash, concussion, confusion, continual noise, crash, crash of noise, din, report, rumble, rumbling, smacking, tumult), scoaghey (frighten, intimidate), larm, fogrym, cur raaue da (caution, frighten, warn), cur aggle er (daunt, frighten, terrorize), alarym. (various references)

   

Maya

  

pil-ich (alarm clock). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

alarmá (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm, wèker (alarmclock), konsternashon (consternation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alarmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

alarme (alarum, alert, flutter, panic, scare). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

speria (affright, cow, deter, discourage, frighten, funk, horrify, scare, shake, shy, start, terrify). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

смятение (commotion, dismay, dither, hurly-burly, perturbation, tumult, turmoil), сигнальный, сигнал тревоги (danger signal, emergency call, warning signal), тревога (alert, angst, anxiety, disquiet, disquietude, trepidation, worry), тревожить тревога аварийный, встревожить, волновать (agitate, fluster, flutter, hype up, move, overexcite, perturb, pother), будильник (alarm clock, alarmclock, snooze alarm), боевая тревога (battle alarm), пугать (affright, appal, dismay, frighten, give the chills, intimidate, scare, scares, scaring), поднять тревогу (give the alarm), переполох (flutter, hurly-burly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

maoim (consternation, panic, terror). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

alarmni, alarmirati (arouse), alarm (alarum, siren), uznemiriti (acerbate, bother, discompose, disconcert, disturb, hound, intrude, perturb, pester, put out, put smb. out, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex), uzbuniti (stir up), uzbuna (shakeup, stir, uproar), strah (creeps, dread, fear, fright, funk, trepidation, wind up), nemir (disturbance, inquietude, restlessness, riot, turbulence, turmoil, unrest), dizati uzbunu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alarma (alert, hue and cry, scare, warning), preocupar (agitate, bother, concern, exercise, perturb, preoccupy, prepossess, put about, trouble, worry). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

larm (ado, blusterer, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clangor, clangour, din, hubub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry), alarm (alarms, hubbub, tocsin), oroa (annoy, concern, discomfort, discommode, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fret, irritate, niggle, perturb, perturbate, trouble, unsettle, upset, worry). (various references)

   

Thai

  

สัญญาณกันขโมยในรถยนต์ (car alarm). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ayağa kaldırmak (instigate, raise, stir up), alarm, alârma geçirmek (alert), alârm vermek (sound the alarm), alârm (action stations, alarum, alert), telaşlandırmak (excite, flurry, fluster, fuss, hasten, put in a flurry, ruffle), telaş (ado, bustle, commotion, directness, discomposure, disturbance, excitement, ferment, fever, flap, flurry, flutter, fume, fuss, fussiness, haste, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, panic, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, pucker, racket, ruffle, rush, stir, storm, taking, tingle, tizzy, to-do, turmoil, whirl), tehlike işareti (alert, danger signal, red flag, tocsin), panik yapmak, korkutmak (administer a shock, affright, appal, appall, awe, bulldoze, cow, daunt, dismay, fright, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, overawe, scare, startle, terrorize, threaten), korku (affright, apprehension, awe, dismay, dread, fear, fright, funk, gothic, horror, misgiving, phobia, scare, trepidation), dehşet (consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, funk, horror, terror, trepidation), çalar saat (alarm clock, alarmclock, striking clock). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ynjalyks, rahatsyzlandyrmak (disquiet, disturb), howsala (alert, warning). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

тривога (alert, anxiety, care, disquiet, tizzy, trepidation, worry), піднімати по тривозі, піднімати тривогу, метушня (ado, bustle, buzz, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), налякати (give a fright), гуркіт (brattle, clatter, crash, detonation, din, drumming, growl, noise, peal, racquet, roar, thunder, thunder-clap, wallop), крик (bawl, call, chirp, clang, cry, hullabaloo, note, oration, yawl), паніка (panic, scare), тривожна сигнализація, сум'яття (helter-skelter, pandemonium, to-do, tumble, whirl), сигнал небезпеки (danger signal), сполохати (frighten away, scare up, spring), стривожити, страх (anxiety, apprehension, boggle, dread, fear, fray, fright, horror), стурбувати, схвилювати, шум (ado, bobbery, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, clutter, hoity toity, hubbub, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, oration, pother, racket, racquet, row, ruction, sound, sputter, tumult, uproar). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trống mõ báo động, sự lo sợ (perturbation, searching), sự hoảng sợ (affright, panic), sự hoảng hốt, sự báo nguy còi báo động, sự báo động (alert), kẻng báo động, chuông báo động, cái kẻng để báo động, cái còi báo động. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

rhybudd (admonition, notice, warning), larwm, dychrynu (affright, be frightened, frighten), dychryn (fright, frighten, terror), braw (dread, fright, terror). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alarm

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

concutio, consternabatur, consternata, consternatae, consternatique, consternatus, perturbabant, perturbabat, perturbatus, terror, terrore, terrorem, terrores, terroresque, terroribus, terroris. (various references)

Italian900-Modern

all'arme. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Alarm

LanguageDateSourceNumbers Chapter 10, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai salpieite shmasian kai exarousin ai parembolai ai paremballousai anatolaV
Latin405VulgateSin autem prolixior atque concisus clangor increpuerit movebunt castra primi qui sunt ad orientalem plagam
Middle English1395WyclifIf forsothe lenger and stowndmeel trompynge sowne, the firste, that ben at the eest plage, shulen meue the tentis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd when ye trompe the first tyme the hostes that lye on the east partes shall goo forwarde.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWhen ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Victorian English1833WebsterWhen ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Basic English1964OgdenWhen a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Alarm

LanguageNumbers Chapter 10, Verse 5
CebuanoUg sa diha nga pagapatunggon ninyo ang pagpagubok, ang mga katilingban nga anaa mahamutang dapit sa kiliran sa silangan managpadayon sa ilang panaw.
CroatianKad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom, neka krenu logori utaboreni na istoènoj strani.
DanishNår I blæser Alarm med dem, skal Lejrene på Østsiden bryde op;
DutchAls gij met een gebroken geklank blazen zult, dan zullen de legers, die tegen het oosten gelegerd zijn, optrekken.
FinnishMutta kun puhallatte hälytyssoiton, silloin lähtekööt itään päin leiriytyneet leirit liikkeelle.
FrenchQuand vous sonnerez avec éclat, ceux qui campent à l`orient partiront;
GermanWenn ihr aber drommetet, so sollen die Lager aufbrechen, die gegen Morgen liegen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau trompet ditiup pendek-pendek, itu tandanya suku-suku yang berkemah di sebelah timur harus berangkat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi apabila ditiup olehmu seru-seru, maka segala tentara akan berangkat yang duduk pada sebelah timur.
ItalianQuando suonerete uno squillo di acclamazione, gli accampamenti che sono a levante si metteranno in cammino.
MaoriKa whakatangihia he whakaoho e koutou, na ka hapainga nga puni e noho ana ki te taha ki te rawhiti.
NorwegianMen når I blåser alarm, da skal de leire som ligger mot øst, bryte op.
PortugueseQuando se tocar retinindo, partirão os arraiais que estão acampados da banda do oriente.   
RumanianCknd veyi suna cu vklvq, sq porneascq ceice tqbqrqsc la rqsqrit;
RussianЛПЗДБ ЪБФТХВЙФЕ ФТЕЧПЗХ, РПДОЙНХФУС УФБОЩ, УФБОПЧСЭЙЕУС Л ЧПУФПЛХ;
Spanish"Cuando toquéis con estrépito, se pondrán en marcha los campamentos que acampan al este.
SwedishOch när I blåsen en larmsignal, skola de läger bryta upp, som ligga österut.
UkrainianА засурмлять на сполох, то рушать табори, що таборують на сході.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alarm

Derivations

Words beginning with "alarm": alarmed, alarming, alarmingly, alarmism, alarmisms, alarmist, alarmists, alarms. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Alarm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aarn, Abarim, ablark, afarm, Aiadmk, Akam, akar, Alaomi, alar, alara, alard, alark, alarme, alarmy, alarn, alarp, alars, Alatri, Albar, Albaro, Alcar, alear, aleem, alfar, Alhadra, Alim, aliorum, alir, alism, allar, allard, Almagro, almar, Almara, Alor, alorn, Alrad, alur, Atlam, Balram, larm, Mallarm, Mallarme. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alarm"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "alarm" (pronounced ulÄ"rm)
3-Ä" r marm, nonfarm, charm, disarm, farm, forearm, harm, rearm, unarm, underarm.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Alarm

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: malar.

Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-r"

-1 letter: alar, alma, lama, maar, marl.

-2 letters: aal, ala, ama, arm, lam, lar, mar, ram.

-3 letters: aa, al, am, ar, la, ma.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-r"
 

+1 letter: alarms, alarum, amoral, malars, palmar.

 

+2 letters: admiral, airmail, alarmed, alarums, almemar, armilla, armload, calamar, cameral, caramel, ceramal, hamular, labarum, laminar, macular, malaria, malarky, mallard, marital, marsala, marshal, martial, mayoral, palmary, palmyra.

 

+3 letters: abnormal, acromial, admirals, adumbral, airmails, alarming, alarmism, alarmist, alarumed, alderman, almemars, amarelle, amorally, amphoral, ampullar, armillae, armillas, armloads, armorial, balmoral, calamari, calamars, calamary, caramels, carbamyl, ceramals, familiar, farmable, farmland, framable, graymail, hallmark, labarums, lacrimal, lamasery, lamellar, laminary, landmark, lawmaker, macrural, madrigal, malapert, malaprop, malarial, malarian, malarias, malarkey, malaroma, mallards, maltreat, manorial, manurial, marginal, marsalas, marshall, marshals, material, maternal, matronal, miliaria, monaural, morainal, palmyras, primatal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Abbreviations
22. Acronyms
23. Derivations
24. Rhymes
25. Anagrams
26. Bibliography


  

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