Synonyms for alarum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-lar-uh m, uh-lahr-

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlær əm, əˈlɑr-

Définition of alarum

Origin : obsolete and poetic spelling of alarm (n.).

noun alarm

Example sentences :

Listen: I hear the sound of the trumpet and the alarum of war.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

Should he lead up to his news by gradual steps or give it forth like an alarum?
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

The seven o'clock alarum woke him to the preparation of the evening meal.
Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy

There he kept it with his breath subdued, and the alarum severely quelled.
Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro

Shall the alarum be blown in a city, and the people not tremble?
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I » by George Adam Smith

But there is a stage direction later on in the play: 'Alarum.
Extract from : « Old Picture Books » by Alfred W. Pollard

This will specially be the case when the alarum spring is long and fully wound.
Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

There is also an alarum marked with arabic figures one to twelve.
Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden

It is a thirty-hour clock, with striking but no alarum movement.
Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden

I was to have been up at four this morning, but that alarum went off and never woke me.
Extract from : « The Mistletoe Bough » by Anthony Trollope

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