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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A portable alarm which, when activated, emits a shrill sound, alerting others that the user is in danger of rape or assault.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From rape + alarm. First use appears c. 1977 in the Los Angeles Times.
