Alarm and Warn

Alarm

Alarm verb - Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.

Usage example: The empty house alarmed him

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Warn and alarm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Warn" instead a verb "Alarm".

Nearby Words: alarming, alarmed, alarmingly, alarmist

Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

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Alarm and warn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alarm" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

people	alarm people	warn people
family	alarm family	warn family
crew	alarm crew	warn crew
parents	alarm parents	warn parents
Other words: public, anyone, everyone, viewers.

Near the end of "Day 6: 4pm - 5pm," a bound-and-gagged Tom Lennox tries to twist a pressure valve so that he can raise an alarm and warn someone about the bomb.

Source: Series / 24
Sparrowhawks are specialists at flying less than a meter above the ground, which allows them to use shrubbery as concealment so nearby small birds won't sound the alarm and warn their prey of the hawk's approach.

Source: Acrophobic Bird
In his personal life, he was charismatic and charming but was also dishonest, cheating on his wife so frequently he and his staff had to devise an alarm system to warn when their spouses were nearby.

Source: Historical Hero Upgrade

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