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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alarm authorities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to notifying or alerting officials or organizations responsible for public safety or law enforcement about a situation that requires their attention.
Example: "Upon discovering the suspicious package, the security guard decided to alarm authorities immediately."
Alternatives: "notify authorities" or "alert officials".
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The widely reported midair hijacking of a Boeing 737 jet on its way from Bombay to New Delhi this morning turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said.
Install a home alarm system to deter burglars and to alarm authorities if there is a break-in.
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The adoption by some Salafist broadcasters of a strident, aggressive tone against Shia and Christian minorities has alarmed authorities.
But the popularity of the movement – which attracted hundreds and perhaps even thousands – appears to have alarmed authorities who fear organisation.
In recent years, the drug's popularity has grown at a rate that has alarmed authorities in the United States, though it is difficult to say exactly how many people are experimenting with the drug.
This year's death toll has not yet matched 2012's exceptionally high total of 24 gang killings in the Bouches-du-Rhone area including Marseille, but the methods have alarmed authorities.
A surge in the use of social media to energize activists unhappy with government policy has alarmed authorities in the former Soviet Union the past few years.
As a result of that alarm, the authorities deployed heavily armed police officers across the nation.
After the first two feet — both right — were found in British Columbia just six days apart from one another, locals began sounding the alarm, and authorities expressed equal surprise.
To add to the alarm, the authorities intercepted two letters, one addressed to Barack Obama and another to Roger Wicker, a senator, which appeared to contain ricin, a lethal poison.
Domestic violence within his home and a lack of medical care and proper diet should have caused alarm among authorities who dealt with his family, neighbours and a children's charity have said.
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