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sound the alarm

sound the alarm is the alternative form of raise the alarm.

Meaning of raise the alarm

Verb

raise the alarm (third-person singular simple present raises the alarm, present participle raising the alarm, simple past and past participle raised the alarm)

  1. To call attention to a problem; to warn.
    Synonyms:
    sound the alarm

Forms of sound the alarm

third-person singular presentsounds the alarm
present participlesounding the alarm
past participlesounded the alarm
pastsounded the alarm

Questions about sound the alarm

What is sound the alarm the alternative form of?
Sound the alarm is the alternative form of raise the alarm.

Words near sound the alarm in the dictionary

  1. sound systems
  2. sound table
  3. sound tables
  4. sound technician
  5. sound technicians
  6. sound the alarm
  7. sound the drum
  8. sound therapy
  9. Sound Tolls
  10. sound track
  11. sound tracks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sound the alarm (page history and authors); raise the alarm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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