alarm

alarm
n.
warning device
warning

1) to activate; give, send in, set off, sound; set an alarm (she set the alarm to go off at five)

2) to deactivate, turn off an alarm

3) a burglar; fire; silent; smoke alarm

4) a false alarm

5) an alarm goes off, rings, sounds

apprehension, fear

6) to express; feel alarm

7) to cause alarm (the incident caused great alarm)

8) alarm at (to express alarm at the danger of war)

* * *
[ə'lɑːm]
feel alarm
rings
smoke alarm
sounds
turn off an alarm
set an alarm (she set the alarm to go off at five)
['apprehension, fear'] to express
['warning device'] ['warning'] to activate
a burglar
a false alarm
an alarm goes off
to deactivate
to cause alarm (the incident caused great alarm)
alarm at (to express alarm at the danger of war)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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