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My 10 year old son wears a severley rigid steel boned corset from buttocks to underarm for spinal condition. It must be worn very tight 23 hours a day without loosening or removal. Will the steels set off airport alarms and if they do what do we do?
by prouler on April 12th, 2007
I am about to go to bed but I need to be up in 6.5 hours. Alarms don't work well when I'm deep sleeping, any ideas how I can wake up on time?
by e-shroom on June 7th, 2007
1 in 3 smoke alarms are useless because the battery is dead :-( When was the last time you checked yours?
by Rince on January 22nd, 2008
How do you feel about buying phones/ipods off of Ebay? Is it safe?
by PrincessErin1986 on August 23rd, 2009
Alarms
Overview of noun alarm
The noun alarm has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) alarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
2. (3) alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)
3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)
4. alarm clock, alarm -- (a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time)
Overview of verb alarm
The verb alarm has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify -- (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us")
2. (1) alarm, alert -- (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries")
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