alarum
[uh-lar-uh m, uh-lahr-]
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Listen: I hear the sound of the trumpet and the alarum of war.
The ScapegoatHall Caine
Should he lead up to his news by gradual steps or give it forth like an alarum?
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
The seven o'clock alarum woke him to the preparation of the evening meal.
FraternityJohn Galsworthy
There he kept it with his breath subdued, and the alarum severely quelled.
Doom CastleNeil Munro
Shall the alarum be blown in a city, and the people not tremble?
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. IGeorge Adam Smith
alarum
- archaic an alarm, esp a call to arms
- (used as a stage direction, esp in Elizabethan drama) a loud disturbance or conflict (esp in the phrase alarums and excursions)
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Word Origin
C15: variant of alarm
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Word Origin and History for alarum
n.
obsolete and poetic spelling of alarm (n.).
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