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alarm

noun
  1. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger: affright, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. Slang: cold feet. Idiom: fear and trembling. See fear
  2. A signal that warns of imminent danger: alarum, alert, tocsin, warning. See warn
verb
  1. To fill with fear: affright, frighten, panic, scare, scarify 2, startle, terrify, terrorize. Archaic: fright. Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scare silly (or stiff), scare the daylights out of. See fear
  2. To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk: admonish, alert, caution, forewarn, warn. See warn

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