What a snooze button pauses (5)

I believe the answer is:

alarm

(Other definitions for alarm that I've seen before include "Warning bell" , "Arouse to a sense of danger" , "Panicky arousal" , "Warning siren" , "Noise giving warning" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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