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Burglar alarm

noun

A loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm.

A warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary.

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"Burglar alarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... auto into the temporary garage he had built for it, and connected the wires of a burglar alarm he had arranged, to give warning in case any of his enemies should seek to damage ...

— Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout - or, The Speediest Car on the Road • Victor Appleton

... "I'm going uptown to Billy Lee's house to get my suit case. His family are out of town, and he is at Seabright, so he let me camp there until the workmen finish papering my rooms upstairs. I'm to lock up the house and send the key to the Burglar Alarm Company to-night. Then I go to Boston on the 12.10. Want to come? There'll be ...

— The Tracer of Lost Persons • Robert W. Chambers

... the stairs, and after switching off the burglar alarm, Jack escorted the man out of the servants' door, where he whistled softly. The watchman came up ...

— Prince or Chauffeur? - A Story of Newport • Lawrence Perry

... fire detector in the cellar acts much like a burglar alarm. There are several now on the market. The principle on which they work is thermostatic. Sensitive to increased heat, an alarm bell sounds the moment fire develops. The White House has one of the most elaborate systems of this sort, which was installed shortly ...

— If You're Going to Live in the Country • Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley

... have a burglar alarm set here, and I'll wager there aren't half a dozen persons who know the Gladwin collection is hung in ...

— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie