What does alarm bell mean?
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alarm bell
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word alarm bell.
Princeton's WordNet
tocsin, alarm bellnoun
the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
Wiktionary
alarm bellnoun
A sudden awareness of danger.
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alarm bell
An alarm bell is a device, often a physical bell or an electronic signal, that gives off an urgent, typically loud sound as a warning or alert of danger, an emergency situation, or irregular occurrence. It can also figuratively refer to a sudden feeling or event that warns of a problem.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alarm bell in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alarm bell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of alarm bell in a Sentence
No one should ring the alarm bell that these protests will cause civil war, they (leaders) have made the institutions dysfunctional under the pretext of preserving stability but collecting garbage, providing water, electricity must not be neglected.
Republican Representative Bruce Babin:
The terrorist attack in Paris by militant Islamists is a loud clanging alarm bell to Congress and the American people warning us why we must block Obama’s reckless and foolish plan to allow tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S..
It just happened almost overnight just in the last month. And so, it’s not a failure, but an alarm bell went off. I don’t think anybody anticipated that this was going to be as rapidly spreading as it did.
We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action, we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.
The sheer volume of searches shows how much interest there is, but it's also an alarm bell, there is a lack of information or general awareness.
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