Alarm - Definition

n 1: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm,
dismay, consternation]
2: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable
event [syn: alarm, warning device, alarm system]
3: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn:
alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]
4: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time [syn: alarm
clock, alarm]
v 1: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late
for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified
us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]
2: warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of
preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the
new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" [syn: alarm,
alert]