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fire alarm

noun

  1. a signal that warns that a fire has started.
  2. a bell, buzzer, siren, horn, etc., that provides such a signal.


fire alarm

noun

  1. a device to give warning of fire, esp a bell, siren, or hooter
  2. a shout to warn that a fire has broken out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fire alarm1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

As a 14-year-old interested in cooking, I smoked out many hotel rooms and set off countless fire alarms trying to smoke fish for my family.

From Eater

It is as though the fire alarm at your workplace was always blaring.

After we fell asleep, the fire alarm in Debra’s studio had started going on and off randomly throughout the night.

As other reviewers have previously noted, people can use Alexa for more complex tasks at home like automatically turning on Internet-connected lights if the assistant hears a fire alarm.

From Fortune

Scientists in Michigan have developed a forest fire alarm system.

Here, a former student pulled a fire alarm to attract potential victims before threatening his roommate, who escaped.

Then the gunfire ceased and the only sound was that fire alarm as Alexis seemed to vanish.

That morning, I escaped from the school with my classmates at the prompting of a strobe-lighted fire alarm after shots rang out.

Jan. 5, 2009 – 10:53 p.m. Type: 911 Subject: Alarm Report: Fire alarm going off 13.

June 10, 2009 – 1:55 a.m. Type: 911 Subject: Alarm Report: Fire alarm going off 16.

It is best not to place a switch in the fire-alarm circuit as this circuit should be in an operating condition at all times.

The fire-alarm switch consists of two springs that are held from contact with each other by means of a thin cord.

And Sally gives chase, and overtakes the other two just by the fire-alarm, where Fenwick came to a standstill.

By law, every fire escape was rigged with a fire alarm, in addition to the regular burglar alarm.

We could see the driver pop from his seat and race to the corner fire alarm box.

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