WoW: klaxon

Usage

Usage note: klaxon is a trademarked word that has become used generically, like Band-Aids, so you'll sometimes see it capitalized Klaxon.

My early-warning system set off an imaginary klaxon.

Death Masks
(The Dresden Files)
​Jim Butcher

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It was only on the third thought that she recognized them, as from the corridor outside, muffled by the door, an alarm klaxon began to hoot rhythmically.

Shards of Honor
​(Vorkosigan Saga)
​Louis McMaster Bujold

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