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false alarm

false alarm

noun

Definition of false alarm

1 : an alarm (such as a fire or burglar alarm) that is set off needlessly

2 : something causing alarm or excitement that proves to be unfounded

Recent Examples on the Web

//Nobody dares question when an 11-year-old in Mobile is charged with making a terroristic threat after texting a false alarm.
— John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, "The threat is real at the University of South Alabama," 13 Sep. 2019
//Then, this past week, after the 16th warning and another evacuation, followed by grumblings of yet another false alarm, about 50,000 cubic meters of rock finally and thunderously collapsed.
— BostonGlobe.com, "A Mountain top called ‘Little Man’ falls in Norway, and residents weep," 7 Sep. 2019
//BioWatch has been plagued from the start by false alarms, however, and government scientists say it cannot be relied on to detect actual biological attacks.
— David Willman, Los Angeles Times, "Lawmakers seek probe of controversial bioweapons defense system," 8 Aug. 2019
//The cause of the false alarm was not made immediately clear.
— Natasha Bach, Fortune, "Japan's National Broadcaster Accidentally Sent Out a False North Korea Missile Alert," 16 Jan. 2018
//That dread has prompted a number of false alarms across the country, incidents that in turn can create their own trauma.
— Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "In wake of mass shootings, noises in malls spark grave fear: ‘In the moment, it felt real.’," 26 Aug. 2019
//By the time Instagram weighed in Tuesday to debunk the hoax — a variation on an old false alarm that’s made the rounds on Facebook for years — a slew of celebrities had shared the misinformation with their sizable online followings.
— Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, "This viral Instagram hoax duped A-listers — and the man overseeing our nuclear arsenal," 21 Aug. 2019
//Search crews have responded to at least two false alarms since the search began.
— Corey Arwood, USA TODAY, "Search for missing firefighters continues as groups ask anyone with boat to help," 18 Aug. 2019
//These scanners are prone to false alarms toward hairstyles popular among black people, such as Afros and braids.
— Greses Perez, The Mercury News, "Opinion: How technology discriminates against half of our population," 16 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of false alarm

1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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