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call alarm

noun

    1. an electronic device that sends an alarm signal, usually to a distant monitoring centre
    2. ( as modifier )

      a call-alarm system

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

When migrants get into distress in the Mediterranean, they can call Alarm Phone’s emergency number; the call is relayed by a team of people spread across France, Tunisia, Italy, Germany, the UK, Morocco and elsewhere to the coastguard service nearest the boat.

I do what I call alarm intervals.

We're on the side of the people I call Alarm Clock Britain.

From BBC

"People in what I call 'alarm clock Britain' are really trying to do well by themselves and their families and just see these sky-high bonuses announced or pre-announced by banks."

From BBC

Six types of vocalizations are readily distinguishable in the field: primary song, courtship song, distress call, alarm note, specialized male call note or zip, and the generalized call note or chee.

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