Word Finder - alarms

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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

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A sudden attack; disturbance.

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Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

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A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

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The clock radio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside.

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An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

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You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock.

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To call to arms for defense

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To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

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To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

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To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

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To keep in excitement; to disturb.

His wards gave off alarms again, this time indicating he had a visitor.

The press promulgated the wildest alarms as to the intentions of Louis Napoleon, who was represented as contemplating a sudden and piratical descent upon the English coast without pretext or provocation.

Another statue, "The Sluggard," of equal merit, was exhibited in 1886; and a charming statuette of a nude figure of a girl looking over her shoulder at a frog, called "Needless Alarms," was completed in the same year, and presented by the artist to Sir John Millais in acknowledgment of the gift by the latter of his picture, "Shelling Peas."

An attempt to intervene in the war of Russia and Austria against Turkey failed of its object; Prussia did not succeed in obtaining any concessions of territory from the alarms of the Allies, and the dismissal of Hertzberg in 17 9 1 marked the final abandonment of the anti-Austrian tradition of Frederick the Great.

His first acts, indeed, allayed the worst alarms of the Liberals; but it was soon apparent that the weight of the crown would be consistently thrown into the scale of the reactionary forces.

An inspired article in the Grenzbolen declared the object of this to be to moderate at once the aggressive attitude of the Pan-Germans towards Great Britain and British alarms at the naval development of Germany.

For fifteen years after the congress of Vienna, in spite of frequent alarms, the peace of Europe was not seriously disturbed; and even in 1830, the revolution at Paris found no echo in the great body of the Austrian dominions.

The day, said The Times, " was crowded with rumours, alarms, contradictions, fears, hopes, resolves, uncertainties."

Roman Catholicism was tolerated, or rather connived at; but its professors were subject to frequent alarms, and to great severities during the ascendancy of Titus Oates.

The bee-keeper, therefore, by the judicious application of a little smoke from smouldering fuel, blown into the hive by means of an appliance known as a beesmoker, alarms the bees and is thus able to manipulate the frames of comb with ease and almost no disturbance.

If he had simply said he was going to meet Lori, she might have been concerned about Destiny, but she would never have considered the idea that he and Lori were... but the fact that he had hidden the meeting and was now reluctant to talk about it was setting off alarms.

The vibrating pad alarms are particularly useful for deaf-blind people.

Installing monitored alarms so that intruders can be detected immediately.

On a fairly docile wicket the OC tail played out the final overs with few alarms.

A properly qualified electrician may be able to advise you about linking smoke alarms.

A qualified electrician will be required to install the alarms.

The number of false fire alarms may have persuaded management differently over time.

So it's back to the world of 3am fire alarms because some crazy drunk person burnt the toast.

There are vibrating and light fire alarms for students with aural disabilities.

How do I interconnect different alarms that are ' interconnect different alarms that are ' interconnectable '?

The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has launched an investigation into what BNFL said was an ' inadequate ' reaction to the alarms.

It is extremely important that alarms are raised when conditions fall below optimum.

The risk can be reduced by regularly checking and promptly rectifying defects to electrical wiring and fire alarms.

The bulk of calls to the Fire Service were caused by lightning strikes setting off fire alarms.

An amber lens distributes the high intensity strobe light in a pattern which calls immediate attention to alarms.

However the fire alarms may be set off by burnt toast.

Optical Optical alarms are more effective at detecting slow-burning fires, like overheated electrical wiring.

They have an extensive bag of tricks such as using chimneys to conceal wiring and non-intrusive smoke and intruder alarms.

By the wild alarms which culminated in the Popish Terror Russell appears to have been affected more completely than his otherwise sober character would have led people to expect.

Also operates ' Hush ' feature to silence nuisance alarms.

Alarms using this kind of sensor use external circuitry to monitor the transmittance of infrared light through the sensor.

Using low wattage bulbs can reduce the cost to less than 1p per night Alarms Install an alarm.

As he's an early riser, John alerts his roommates that they need to wake up when they sleep past their alarms.

There are door alarms available that will notify you when a door has opened in your home, and there are pool alarms which emit an alarm sound when something hits the water.

Take all these precautions throughout your home, including placing smoke alarms in every sleeping area and every level of your home.

Install battery-operated carbon monoxide alarms or plug-in CO alarms with battery back-up.

While healthy babies are notoriously good at sending out alarms when they're hungry and stopping eating when they are full, it is still a good idea to keep a close eye on newborn babies' growth rates.

When it comes to car alarms, you don't want it malfunctioning at the worst of times, allowing thieves to break into and drive off in your car.

Reading through your weekly dose of flyers, you can often find seemingly great deals on car alarms, but bear in mind that most features either cost extra to purchase, extra to install, or both.

You can get alarms, nebulizers, personal care items, mattresses, wheel chairs, wound care, and more.

Alarm clocks with multiple settings may allow you to set different alarms for different days or even multiple alarms within the same day.

Multiple settings can be useful for traveling, allowing you to set different alarms while traveling between time zones without having to delete or overwrite existing alarms.

Alarm clocks that provide the ability to set multiple alarms are one of the most popular kinds of multiple setting devices.

It supports dual alarms that can be set and used independently.

While other alarm clocks may offer dual alarms, this one offers the ability to set seven independent alarms for the seven days of the week.

In fact, it is possible to save three alarm "banks" that have multiple alarms in each of them.

While some alarm clocks allow for dual alarms or multiple alarm settings, there are others that allow for a programmable snooze.

It features repeating alarms, shake-to-snooze, and variable snooze time features.

If tragedy strikes, the early warning provided by smoke alarms can certainly help save the lives of both staff and pets.

Nearly all city ordinances require the use of alarms and a sprinkler system, so if this establishment doesn't have them, find another.