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alarum
[ uh-lar-uhm, uh-lahr- ]
alarum
/ -ˈlɛər-; -ˈlɑːr-; əˈlærəm /
noun
- archaic.an alarm, esp a call to arms
- (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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Word History and Origins
Origin of alarum1
C15: variant of alarm
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Example Sentences
When the town bell rings the alarum members of the Gild are to go to the help of the Bailiffs only.
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Suddenly the sharp wild clangor of the great alarum-bell of Famagosta crashed through the silence.
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This will specially be the case when the alarum spring is long and fully wound.
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At moonrise, however, Grunter woke, punctual as an alarum clock.
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Mrs. Pryor was, when once unwound, like an alarum, obliged to run off.
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