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alarm

/əˈlɑɹm/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

    fear resulting from the awareness of danger

  2. noun

    a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

  3. verb

    fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

    I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview

  4. verb

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

    The empty house alarmed him

  5. noun

    an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

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