| NOUN | communication | burglar alarm | a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm |
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| artifact | burglar alarm | a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary |
| Meaning | A loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm. | |
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| Example | "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away" | |
| Broader | alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
| Spanish | alarma antirrobo | |
| Meaning | A warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary. | |
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| Broader | alarm, warning device, alarm system | A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| Spanish | alarma antirrobo | |
| Catalan | alarma antirobatori | |
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