Definition of "alarm system" []

• A burglar alarm (noun)

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• "While Doug watched, he used the rubber-cowled alligator clips on the long length of wire to bypass the alarm system and make it possible to open the gate."
• "In my mind, the creaks and rappings and rattlings begin to sound like doors opening, the wires of our alarm system being snipped with scissors, and windows sliding up their tracks until the opening is just wide enough for a body to slip through."
• "These toll-like receptors sit on the surface of mast cells and identify all invading antigens, announcing to the body, much like an alarm system might, Alert!"