Klaxon

/ˈklæksən/

Synonyms for "klaxon" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

air-raid alarmalarmalarm bellalarm clockalarm signalalarumalertall clearbeaconblinking lightboiler factoryboiler roombull-roarer
Noun(1 words)
alarm horn

Strong matches (20)

burglar alarmbuzzercatcallcherry bombclackclackerclappercrackercricketcrostariefiery crossfire alarmfire bellfire flagfirecrackerfive-minute gunflashing lightfog bellfog signal
Noun(1 words)

Related words (33)

foghorngale warninghooterhornhue and cryhurricane warninglighthousemaydaynoisemakernote of alarmocculting lightpolice whistlerattlerattleboxsignal of distresssirensmall-craft warningsnappersossteam whistle
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still alarmstorm conestorm flagstorm warningticktacktocsintwo-minute gunupside-down flagwhistlewhizgigwhizzer
Noun(2 words)
hornsignal horn

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

2 entries
audible signaling devicehorn

More specific

3 entries
air horncar horntrain horn

Collocations

5 entries
air hornaudible cuecar hornemergency alerttrain horn

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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And she went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird. …

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There was a motor car behind them now and it blasted into the truck noise and the dust with its klaxon again and again; then flashed on lights that showed the dust like a solid yellow cloud and surged past them in a whining rise of gears and a demanding, threatening, bludgeoning of klaxoning.

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They could hear a lot more than they could see. But what they heard told them exactly nothing. There were the klaxons, which kept up their long, monotonous, insane growling protest all through the raid.

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When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.

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