Alarm

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NOUN

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

VERB

fill with apprehension or alarm

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

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