siren
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Ernst Lubitsch's unfailingly light touch emphasizes "those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm."
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- noun A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
- noun An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning: a police car siren.
- noun Any of several salamanders of the family Sirenidae, such as the mud eel, having an eellike body, permanent external gills, small forelegs, and no hind limbs.
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- They hadn't expected that, or the siren, which is a terrifying thing to hear at close range. — Trader To The Stars
- Of course the siren was a conniving female, the ultimate one! — The Source of Magic
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Ernst Lubitsch's unfailingly light touch emphasizes "those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm."
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In fact, a bullhorn or megaphone that includes a siren is a great addition to any search and rescue operation as it enables the user to get a loud sound out and notify other rescuers when help is needed or the object of the search is found.
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He himself traveling, with forged papers, to a star he'd never seen He braced himself, knowing the siren was the last warning before takeoff.
— The Colors of Space
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- French sirène, from Old French sereine, Siren, from Late Latin Sīrēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Greek Seirēn.