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alarum definition

alar·um (ə ler′əm, -lär′-)

noun

Archaic alarm (esp. sense )
alarum Idioms

alarums and excursions

  1. Archaic a stage direction, esp. in Elizabethan drama, for a scene depicting a battle
  2. any noisy, confused situation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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