ambulance siren
Urgent vehicle alarm
An ambulance siren is the loud, wailing sound produced by an emergency vehicle to clear traffic and alert others to its approach.
The distinctive rising and falling tone signals urgency: We pulled over when we heard the ambulance siren.
The sound has become shorthand for medical emergency in film and everyday speech.
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- red lightsTraffic control indicators
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- code blueHospital cardiac arrest signal
life or death · first responder · paramedic · lights · urgent · pull over · speeding · high speed · hospital · red · stretcher · accident · scream · blaring · pulse · rescue · traffic · rush hour
- transportation noisehonking, horn, car horn, engine noise, engine roar
- alarmsalarm, fire alarm, alert, smoke alarm, burglar alarm
- alert soundsalarm, beep, buzzer, chime, doorbell
- nighttime disturbancesnoring, barking dog, car alarm, loud music, thunder
- Doppler effectDoppler effect, Doppler shift, blueshift, redshift, Doppler radar
- soundssound, beeps, listen, sounds, hear
ambulance sirensilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · stillness · white noise · lullaby · hush
ambulance sirensilence
Total lack of sound
whisper · birdsong · gentle breeze · rustling leaves · babbling brook
ambulance sirenlullaby
Soothing song for babies
whisper · soft music · birdsong · wind chimes · meditation bells
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