alarum

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Thus was the alarum sounded for more spit, less polish.

From Time Magazine Archive

When four days passed without sign of the boat Mrs. Minevitch set up an alarum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disturbed by the man’s alarum, we looked up from our labor and found a detachment of Redcoats running in formation for the gates.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Caput parvum; alarum basis squamis conspicuis, elongatis imbricata.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Francis Drake, with the national alarum instant in his ears, desired first to win at bowls, on the Devon sward, "and afterwards to settle with the Don."

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan