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burglar alarm

noun

  1. an automatic device for giving an alarm when a window, door, safe, etc., is opened or tampered with, as by a burglar.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of burglar alarm1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Although the campus gets locked up tight, it lacks a burglar alarm, and security cameras have arrived but have not yet been installed.

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Some use light to startle predators, “like a burglar alarm,†and others use it to lure prey, as anglerfish do, said Quattrini, who is curator of corals at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Most modern home security systems rely on a Wi-Fi signal for burglar alarms and surveillance equipment, including doorbell cameras.

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Authorities say the men broke into the house in July 1969 in a bid to steal a coin collection, but were foiled by a burglar alarm.

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The first possible sign of Cavalcante that alerted searchers shortly after midnight Tuesday was a burglar alarm.

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