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Alarm

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Affright 76% connected

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

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Clock 76% connected

A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a…

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Fearfulness 76% connected

The state of being fearful.

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Fright 76% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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Frighten 76% connected

To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

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Scare 76% connected

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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Signaling 76% connected

of Signal

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Signalling 76% connected

of Signal

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

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Horn 76% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Siren 76% connected

One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweet…

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Tocsin 76% connected

An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.

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Torpedo 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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Manner of action 2

Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Wake 76% connected

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

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Dismay 74% connected

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

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Dismay 74% connected

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

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Alarum 92% connected

See Alarm.

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Alert 92% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Appall 92% connected

To make pale; to blanch.

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Consternation 92% connected

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

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Dismay 92% connected

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Horrify 92% connected

To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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