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  1. alarm-bellnoun

    A bell rung to signal danger or emergency.

  2. alarm-bellnoun

    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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of alarm-bell in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of alarm-bell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of alarm-bell in a Sentence

  1. President Biden:

    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.

  2. Angelo Carusone:

    This cauldron of extremism and disinformation is being propelled by social media, it's created a lot of kinetic energy that is now a part of more mainstream politics. This is both an early warning system as well as an alarm bell for fires that are already going off. Acceptance of results is not going to be tolerated anymore, unless they align with what this sector wants.

  3. Carl Sciortino:

    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.

  4. Jin Dongyan:

    We have been ringing the alarm bell again and again about this -- it's a hard-learned lesson not only for Hong Kong, but also for China.

  5. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

    We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action, we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.

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