still alarm

American  

noun

1. a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or the like, that is activated silently and transmits a warning signal, usually by telephone.

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Etymology

Origin of still alarm

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Despite being nearly a century old, this finely wrought composition system and its principal exponents still alarm more often than they enthral.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2016

Even in a vast storeroom, the grotesque faces painted on the wall in the 1980s by the artists Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny still alarm a viewer with their anger.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2015

He said there was still alarm over the situation around Debaltseve.

From Newsweek • Feb. 15, 2015

Time after time was the guard turned out to capture the perpetrators of these tricks, but still alarm followed alarm, and not one of the jokers was captured.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.

They were piling out of the hay like a bunch of trained firemen answering a still alarm.

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver