I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a warning/danger/alarm signal (= a signal showing that there is danger )
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Managers should keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals.
alarm clock
an alarm clock goes off (= rings at a particular time )
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What time do you want the alarm clock to go off tomorrow?
an alarm clock (= that makes a noise to wake you up )
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He forgot to set his alarm clock.
an alarming rate
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The alarming rate of increase in pollution levels has concerned environmentalists.
an alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
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I have detected a worrying trend of late.
an alarm/security system
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A new alarm system has been installed.
be alarmed/appalled/upset etc at the prospect (of sth)
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She was secretly appalled at the prospect of being looked after by her aunt.
burglar alarm
car alarm
cause concern/alarm
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Environmental issues are causing widespread concern.
false alarm
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Fire fighters responded to a false alarm at one of the college dormitories.
fire alarm went off
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We were in the middle of an exam when the fire alarm went off .
fire alarm
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We were in the middle of an exam when the fire alarm went off .
set off...fire alarm
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Someone set off the fire alarm .
smoke alarm
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The smoke alarm went off.
sound the alarm
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She was unable to sound the alarm .
sounding the alarm
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Now it is an American economist who is sounding the alarm .
triggering...alarm
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The burglars fled after triggering the alarm .
with alarming frequency
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Businesses come and go with alarming frequency .
with alarming/increasing etc regularity
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Our team kept losing with monotonous regularity in a way that seems boring or annoying .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
false
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But the patient was okay, it was a false alarm , please thank them and send them on their way.
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Washington area police also responded to dozens of calls for suspicious packages, all of which turned out to be false alarms .
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I had been released on a false alarm .
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The Tavares Fire Department also receives false alarms -- 211 last year.
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Of 221 launches in answer to unidentified distress signals 216 turned out to be false alarms or hoax calls.
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Those genes would produce a harmless protein that, once inside the body, would sound the false alarm of infection.
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There have been several false alarms in the tabloids, but at the end of 1986 reporters thought they had a scoop.
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Your apprehension is based on the fear that the change might be a false alarm .
great
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The following year there was even greater alarm in Britain.
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Well, it was then that I was attacked from another quarter and awakened to the greatest possible alarm .
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When this order first went out there was great alarm and feeling that it was to tax Christenings, Weddings and Burials.
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The thing that interested him most, however, was the rope of the great alarm bell on the roof.
■ NOUN
bell
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If the adviser wants you to make out a cheque to him, the alarm bells should start ringing.
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First sight of the bailiff's officer the alarm bell would ring out the strikers' angelus.
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Even so, alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.
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Then he ran up the rope of the alarm bell .
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Her flesh cried out to be closer, and, with the last vestiges of sanity, alarm bells rang.
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A loud alarm bell rang out soundly and he awoke from a trance.
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What is surprising is that alarm bells within the bank did not bring action earlier.
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Some of these issues set off fewer alarm bells today and perhaps for most of us they are of less social concern.
burglar
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Ultrasonics technology is used in certain burglar alarm systems which trigger on detecting the sound of breaking glass.
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We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle.
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She was woken early this morning by a burglar alarm .
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He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm .
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A new burglar alarm and ventilation system have been fitted.
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By the time the burglar alarms had alerted staff the birds were gone.
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It was reported, in Baberton Mains, that a special offer for the installation of burglar alarms had been made.
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Great Caesar; a burglar alarm .
call
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The alarm call stimulates other nearby blackbirds to take evasive action.
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Last year, the city received 914 alarm calls , 703 of which were false, according to city records.
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There would be an advantage in giving an alarm call that is difficult to locate.
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In the first gray dawn, I heard the alarm calls of robins.
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I usually get an alarm call ... No comment.
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The young of many species take cover as soon as an alarm call is given.
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If any move is made by the army in the tribal areas, the result could be an alarm call to Kabul.
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There's no extra cash to pay for the search; fire chiefs are just hoping their alarm call is answered.
car
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She breaks the window of the black car - and the car alarm goes off!
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If car alarms are useless, why do they sell so well?
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Down among the orange lamps a broken car alarm marked out the time.
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Why should car alarms be exempt?
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Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street?
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In my San Francisco neighborhood, some one has a car alarm .
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He set the car alarm , and went up to the door.
clock
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A grateful Di rewarded him with expensive presents - including a diamond-studded tie-pin and a gold and silver alarm clock .
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One matching baby-blue Samsonite hatbox, containing my shoes, portable alarm clock , and toilet articles.
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A neighbour had made sure he was awake; there was no alarm clock at home.
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He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock .
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Maggie glanced at her alarm clock , but couldn't make out the time.
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But her eye caught her bedside alarm clock and she pulled herself properly into wakefulness.
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Jonny takes swigs from a water bottle and times his work with an alarm clock .
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Just before the alarm clock rang at five, I conceived how it might be done.
fire
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He came up with the electric clock, a form of fire alarm , a railway signal and a loudspeaker.
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In the middle of the night, the fire alarm sounds, and we awaken.
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Sounding of fire alarm . 2.
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It sounds like a fire alarm and enters my ears like a keening mosquito that I can not reach.
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Mr Small said fire alarms were installed and special voice tapes would tell people to leave the premises.
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The entire house lights up when a burglar or fire alarm is triggered.
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The fire alarm went off that evening - Tuesday, November 24.
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Thousands of blacks swarmed into the streets, attacking policemen, pulling fire alarms , smashing windows, and looting stores.
intruder
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Your intruder alarm must be set whenever the Home is left without a responsible person in attendance. 4.
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Your intruder alarm must not be altered or replaced without our prior written agreement. 6.
smoke
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Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm .
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He didn't have a smoke alarm .
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If possible read the manufacturer's information and instructions before you buy a smoke alarm .
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There are two basic types of smoke alarm .
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Most smoke alarms have a test button which sets off the alarm when pressed.
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Of course, you will need to go on taking basic fire safety precautions even when smoke alarms are fitted in your home.
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The couple say that their smoke alarm , provided by the council, wasn't working.
sound
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A minute or so before the explosion, an alarm sounds .
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In the middle of the night, the fire alarm sounds , and we awaken.
system
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Ultrasonics technology is used in certain burglar alarm systems which trigger on detecting the sound of breaking glass.
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For automotive buffs, there was an array of navigational devices and sophisticated alarm systems .
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We have told them about my alarm system , and they would do something if they heard it.
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Many cities require registration of alarm systems , provide for a warning process, fine violators and authorize disconnection of alarm systems.
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The factory had no fire escapes or alarm system .
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Many cities require registration of alarm systems , provide for a warning process, fine violators and authorize disconnection of alarm systems.
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No wonder they didn't need lights, the alarm system was warning enough.
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They have an alarm system , man.
■ VERB
cause
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We also established that a similar sum had been paid in through our Strangeways Branch although this had not caused any alarm .
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Only during the night... the picket lines being close together, the firing of the skirmishers caused frequent alarms .
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First it was the different forms of hepatitis virus which caused alarm .
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There had been only one moment to cause her any undue alarm .
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Both Dames Elizabeth and Martha were deaf, so whatever you said or how you said it would not cause any alarm .
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A case that caused some alarm in 1908, however, revealed that revolvers could also fall into the hands of youths.
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Speaking personally, for now, it's always cause for alarm , when they spin round - whatever they look like.
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All this has caused alarm in the third world, particularly among its autocrats.
cry
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A great shadow swooped in, the Stork bucked wildly and Farber cried out in alarm .
fit
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Yamaha is also offering an optional factory-\#fitted alarm and a U-lock to fill that space under the seat.
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The Honda has metallic paint as standard while Rover fits an anti-theft alarm with engine immobiliser as standard.
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So, to provide ample warning, fit smoke alarms .
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It could fit mains-powered alarms , but that would mean putting up rents.
give
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Yet paradoxically the bird is now giving serious cause for alarm to environmentalists because of a decline in the breeding population.
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When approached underwater they give an alarm or warning signal consisting of a series of quite rapid and quite audible grunts.
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The sores are usually relatively painless, and this procedure, like the urethral investigation, need give no cause for alarm .
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Not a groan gave the alarm .
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Individuals of many bird species give alarm calls when they spot a dangerous predator.
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Mayli stared at him for just a second, then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now.
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There would be an advantage in giving an alarm call that is difficult to locate.
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There are a number of aspects about this privatisation which are already giving cause for alarm .
hear
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Lorenzo Mancarelli hears the alarm and runs down to the road.
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At night the neighborhood hummed with air-conditioners; no one would hear sirens or alarms .
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And then he heard the automatic alarms .
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In the first gray dawn, I heard the alarm calls of robins.
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He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock.
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Next we hear shouts of alarm , and the footballers scatter, fleeing a shower of stones.
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How many times do we hear the alarm now?
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Consider the following brief passage: Mary heard the alarm and groaned inwardly, pulling the covers over her head.
install
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Will the Government look into a way to encourage car manufacturers to install alarm systems as standard equipment?
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The thing is, hardly anybody installs a silent alarm these days, except as a supplementary sys-tem.
raise
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And yesterday his heartbroken wife Jane slammed police for failing to find him after she raised the alarm 48 hours earlier.
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The Romantics had raised the alarm about the disintegration in modern society of much that is essential to the full human experience.
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Instead, he drove off and was later found dead by police after she raised the alarm .
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Most suits are filed after the scientific community or the press has already raised alarms .
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Mrs Gillis-Tweed raised the alarm from a neighbour's home.
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The election results raised even more alarm in the West.
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Shocked Andria raised the alarm then jumped in her own car and drove to a local beauty spot in Runnymede, Surrey.
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Two cyclists eventually stopped and went off to raise the alarm .
set
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Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm .
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You also can't set alarms for events.
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It is a radar detector which sets off an alarm if a ship, with radar working, is in the vicinity.
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Some police agencies lock anklets on criminal suspects, convicts and parolees that set off an alarm if the person leaves home.
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I set my alarm for 7.00 am.
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His policies set off alarms all over Washington.
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Some of these issues set off fewer alarm bells today and perhaps for most of us they are of less social concern.
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Also, tell the security guard the office is empty so he can set the alarm .
trigger
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It will produce the hard data needed to analyse resource utilisation and will trigger an alarm mechanism allowing managers to control access.
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When triggered , the alarm seems to call in squads of immune cells that surround tuberculosis bacteria and keep them from spreading.
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Within one minute of being triggered , the alarm summons about 50 staff to the problem spot.
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Control were trying to get hold of him, to verify that he had accidentally triggered his window alarm .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
raise the alarm
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Fearing the bag might contain a bomb, a passenger raised the alarm.
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And yesterday his heartbroken wife Jane slammed police for failing to find him after she raised the alarm 48 hours earlier.
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Fred Goodyear was so shocked that it was more than eight hours before he raised the alarm.
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Instead, he drove off and was later found dead by police after she raised the alarm.
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Mrs Gillis-Tweed raised the alarm from a neighbour's home.
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Rex raised the alarm, and the entire crew rushed forward in the rain and darkness to try to limit the damage.
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Shocked Andria raised the alarm then jumped in her own car and drove to a local beauty spot in Runnymede, Surrey.
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The Romantics had raised the alarm about the disintegration in modern society of much that is essential to the full human experience.
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The scanner easily raises the alarm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several oil-producing countries expressed alarm at the fall in prices.
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The bank teller pushed the alarm button.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An alarm went off in his head as it occurred to him what a sitting target he was in his Baby.
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Fred Goodyear was so shocked that it was more than eight hours before he raised the alarm .
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It sounds like a fire alarm and enters my ears like a keening mosquito that I can not reach.
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She closed the door behind him, put her rape alarm back on the bedside table, and there they were.
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Some of the girls squealed in alarm .
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Some of them had noticed the sea-fret by now and had jumped up in alarm .
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The Big Three began sounding the alarm in a big way when January sales figures were reported.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
car
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Four facts about car alarms: Fact 1: Buyers are not fully informed.
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Cars , car alarms , roads, paving bricks...
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The car is still alarmed when the car is started and the doors are locked.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many women are alarmed by suggestions of a link between the contraceptive pill and breast cancer.
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The damage to the marsh has alarmed environmentalists.
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We don't wish to alarm people unnecessarily, but it would be wise to avoid drinking the tap water here.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, a resurgence of working-class agitation during 1833-4 alarmed the Whig government and the propertied classes in general.
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It was also couched in language designed to satisfy or at least not to alarm a multitude of constituencies at home.
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Lieutenants Peel and Maloney succeeded in so alarming the men that they decided to march to join Paredes and the revolutionists.
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Meredith shrank back, alarmed by the unpleasant intention behind his expression.
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They came out of the last slopes of the Jebel without having alarmed anything more than a couple of herds of goats.
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This fish gives off a poisonous mucus from its mouth when alarmed.