tocsin
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toc·sin
(tŏk'sĭn) 
n.
n.
- An alarm sounded on a bell.
- A bell used to sound an alarm.
- A warning; an omen.
[French, alteration of toquassen, from Old French touque-sain, from Old Provençal tocasenh : tocar, to strike (from Vulgar Latin *toccāre) + senh, bell (from Late Latin signum , from Latin, signal; see sign).]
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IN BRIEF: A bell used to sound an alarm.
The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies.
— Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794)
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Tocsin may refer to:
Codewords
- TOCSIN - the codeword attached by the Royal Observer Corps to any reading on the Bomb Power Indicator after a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom during the Cold War
- Tocsin Bang - the codeword attached by the Royal Observer Corps to any reading on the AWDREY instrument after a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom during the Cold War
Others
- "Tocsin", the title of a Socialist magazine published by poet Joseph Lee in 1907 in Dundee, Scotland
- Tocsin (album), the second album of 1980s goth rock band Xmal Deutschland
- "Tocsin", the title of the final movement of Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)
- Tocsin, Indiana, a small town in the United States
- Tocsin, the last name of one of the villains in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series of books by Piers Anthony
- Exercise Tocsin, name for the nuclear attack simulation performed by the Government of Canada
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Tocsin
Dansk (Danish)
n. - alarmklokke, stormsignal
Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) tocsin
Deutsch (German)
n. - Alarmglocke, Warnsignal
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουδούνι ή κουδούνισμα συναγερμού
Italiano (Italian)
campana d'allarme
Português (Portuguese)
n. - toque de rebate (m), sino de alarme (m)
Русский (Russian)
набатный колокол, набат, сигнал тревоги
Español (Spanish)
n. - rebato, señal de alarma
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - varningssignal, stormklocka
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
警钟, 警报
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 警鐘, 警報
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ناقوس, ألخطر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פעמון אזעקה, אות אזעקה
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