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What is the noun for alarmable?

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alarm
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
  3. A sudden attack; disturbance.
  4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  5. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
  6. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “It makes no sense in having a noisy alarm when your next-door neighbor cannot hear it, or when the only person who can hear the alarm is not always at home.”
      “Maybe he would raise the alarm when John failed to show for his luncheon appointment.”
      “Their cries became stained with alarm and horror at the departing children.”
alarmer
  1. One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
  2. (US, in combination) A multialarm fire of a specified number of alarms.
alarum
  1. (archaic) A danger signal or warning.
  2. A call to arms.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It's a frightened alarum to all that there's trouble around, and it's far closer than you think.”
      “There were alarums from both the gun control advocates on the one side and the Second Amendment nuts on the other.”
alarmist
  1. One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The alarmist continuously spread false information about the impending disaster, causing unnecessary panic among the community.”
      “I follow him on Facebook, but it's all alarmist activist type stuff that just doesn't appeal to me.”
      “Those at the CIA with more alarmist views gained favor at the White House, while those who were more skeptical lost it.”
alarmingness
  1. The state or quality of being alarming.
alarmism
  1. The raising of needless alarms.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But I pointedly and publicly criticized my colleagues when they engaged in alarmism and selective reporting.”
      “A theory I have is that the alarmism about television and children is a kind of anti-feminism.”
      “If they could be destroyed in days or weeks and the hungry fed, I would plead guilty to every charge of alarmism and shroud-waving.”
alarmisms
alarmists
  1. plural of alarmist
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The few who warned against the dangers of nuclear were dismissed as alarmists or even hysterics.”
      “I don't think we are being alarmists in our fears as they have been borne out in the past.”
      “We have become alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment.”
alarmers
  1. plural of alarmer
alarums
alarms
  1. plural of alarm
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The councillors concluded by adopting the report and agreed to promote the idea that every house in the town should have smoke alarms installed.”
      “The near dead silence was obliterated as alarms wailed across the loudspeakers.”
      “Suddenly, alarms wail and lights start flashing all around the regeneration cylinders!”
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