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Alarming

//əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

    "Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    frightening because of an awareness of danger wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of alarm form-of, gerund, participle, present

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