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An alarm is a device or call announcing a warning or danger. (noun)
A smoker detector is an example of an alarm.
Alarm means to warn of danger or to make someone afraid or distressed.
- An example of alarm is Paul Revere riding through the towns to warn the people that the British were near.
- An example of alarm is to sneak up behind a person and shout to scare him or her.
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