To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
To call to arms for defense
To keep in excitement; to disturb.
An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
A sudden attack; disturbance.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
To cause (a computer system) to crash.
To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
Of a computer system: to crash.
To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.