alarum

American  

[uh-lar-uhm, uh-lahr-] / əˈlær əm, əˈlɑr- /

noun

Archaic.

1. an archaic variant of alarm.

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alarum British  

/ -ˈlɛər-, -ˈlɑːr-, əˈlærəm /

noun

1. archaic  an alarm, esp a call to arms

2. (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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Etymology

Origin of alarum

C15: variant of _alarm

Example Sentences

With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums, green activists are turning to progressive states to press their regulatory agenda.

From The Wall Street Journal

There will be alarums and excursions in the new politics.

From BBC

I started the demo about a quarter of the way through the game, where Corporal Winters, along with several other Marines, have recently survived a series of diverse alarums.

From Forbes

After the alarums and excursions of the past, the remarkable thing is that Boyd and his team have accomplished all this with that rarest thing in theatreworld – a minimum of drama.

From The Guardian

In one hand, at arm's length, he held an alarum clock, the ticking of which had made Hook believe that the crocodile was upon him.

From Project Gutenberg