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“alarm”
A pheromone that elicits an alarm reaction in an animal-species population, causing an excited behavioral state.
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pher-, phero-
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autoalarm, automatic alarm receiver
1. A complete receiving, selecting, and warning device capable of being actuated automatically by intercepted radio-frequency waves forming the international automatic alarm signal.
2. A component of an international network of alarm receivers actuated by a radio-frequency signal to indicate an international emergency.
2. A component of an international network of alarm receivers actuated by a radio-frequency signal to indicate an international emergency.
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auto-, aut-
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1. A loud, repetitive noise that is used to mislead people into thinking that there is a crisis, or a life-threatening situation, when there really is none: The false alarm at the school resulted in firefighters going there for nothing.
2. Something that causes people to wrongly believe that a bad or dangerous thing is going to happen: The report in the news which indicated that the company was going out of business was just another one of those false alarms.
2. Something that causes people to wrongly believe that a bad or dangerous thing is going to happen: The report in the news which indicated that the company was going out of business was just another one of those false alarms.
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cris-, crit-, cri-
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fals-, fall-
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pseudo-, pseud-
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