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false alarm

noun as in needless alarm or worry

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Last year, Voice of San Diego reviewed dispatch records and found evidence that false alarms were more common than the company’s marketing materials show.

This flawed technology threatens civil liberties and public safety, generating false alarms that have ended in escalating violence between police and community members.

In fact, if you tested everyone in the US tomorrow with over-the-counter tests, the large majority of positive results—maybe nine out of 10—would be false alarms.

One reason is that owing to a history of false alarms about tornado warnings, some people didn’t take shelter.

Last year, however, a Voice of San Diego review of dispatch records suggested that false alarms were more common than advertised.

And with each false alarm, the not-so-subtle panic continues, as Europe waits and wonders what happens next.

The first time alarms sounded, contestants were told it was a false alarm, and reassured with a small party.

It may be a glimmer of hope, or it may be another false alarm.

One comedic false alarm was provided by local deejay Gary Kiernan and his wife, Sandy, masquerading as the former first couple.

And, at double quick, the Guard rushed back to find it a false alarm and to see men laughing at them in the street.

Like Robison and Barruel, we are accused of raising a false alarm, of creating a bogey, or of being the victims of an obsession.

On Monday night about ten o'clock the army was put in motion by a false alarm.

The design was not carried into execution during the summer, and the intelligence was considered as a false alarm.

He lay down again once more, thinking that for once his steed had given a false alarm.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to false alarm, such as: cry of wolf, dud, and nonstarter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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