Alarm-bell Definition

noun

(historical) A bell rung to signal danger or emergency.

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A bell which is rung to indicate a pre-arranged time, especially to mark a desired moment for waking up, performing a specific action etc.
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Used other than as an idiom: see alarm,‎ bell.

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(figuratively, usually in plural) A sudden awareness of danger.

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Noun

Singular:
alarm-bell
Plural:
alarm bells

Alarm-bell Sentence Examples

  • The same afternoon the guards in the streets and on the ramparts were doubled; on the following morning the gates of the city were closed, powder and bullets were distributed among the city train-bands, who were bidden to be in readiness when the alarm bell called them, and cavalry was massed on the environs of the city.

  • For his practical political service was to act as an alarm-bell.

  • The lack of this basic human decency in their comments sent alarm bell ringing in my head.

  • I sounded an alarm bell against resurgent Japanese nationalism some years ago.

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