alarum
[uh-lar-uh m, uh-lahr-]
noun Archaic.
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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
noun
Word Origin for alarum
C15: variant of alarm
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