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Meanings of alarm system in English

Catalan
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Spanish
alarma

A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.

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Synonyms
Examples for "alarm"
Examples for "alarm"
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Sound the alarm: the good old-fashioned relationship is under attack from technology.
The Irish Times
2
My good mood gave way to alarm, because she looked so serious.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
3
By July last year, the project manager for Choice was expressing alarm.
Radio NZ
4
The delay in the peace negotiations is causing considerable alarm in Europe.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37...
5
She was able to free herself and raise the alarm, he said.
Radio NZ
1
Suddenly it occurred to me that Radek was using it as a warning device.
The bricklayer
2
Other police alleged the man had been attempting to research and design a laser missile- warning device.
Reuters
3
Armalite radar-used as proximity warning device for aircraft.
The Practical Values of Space Exploration / Report of the Commit...
4
It was a warning device, the driver explained, to tell him he was exceeding the speed limit.
The Irish Times
5
I think it acts as a warning device to rogue taxi drivers who want to take me on.
The Guardian
Usage of alarm system in English
1
Probably only a few seconds; I had to trust my alarm system.
Double Dexter
2
The house has double-glazed windows, oil-fired central heating and an alarm system.
The Irish Times
3
He also fashioned a alarm system from the University's discarded fire horns.
Wired
4
It's got to be either the electrical or the alarm system itself.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
5
The museum, known as MASP, had no alarm system and no sensors.
Reuters
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The significant weaknesses in the alarm system go back at least eight years.
Radio NZ
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Other features include gas-fired central heating, replacement windows and a modern alarm system.
The Irish Times
8
When they got home, Michael showed her how to use the alarm system.
Love at first flight: one round trip that would change everythin...
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The house is wired for an alarm system and has oil-fired central heating.
The Irish Times
10
You know, it's high time we had an alarm system installed.
Timescape
11
Tom's idea of updating the alarm system from birds to amplifiers.
Bird Box
12
Stavros had installed an elaborate alarm system only six months earlier.
Rage of angels
13
Perhaps those small transistor devices weren't part of an alarm system after all.
Watch them die
14
According to WebMD, we should think of cortisol as nature's built-in alarm system.
The South African
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Easy to burgle if you didn't have to worry about the alarm system.
Finger lickin' fifteen
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Do you have a way to bypass the unit's alarm system?
Shadow zone
Translations for alarm system
Spanish
alarma