fire alarm
noun
: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire
Someone set off the fire alarm.
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Special elections are sometimes an early fire alarm.
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Firefighters were alerted to the emergency by a fire alarm and a call from a staff member.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Residents told the outlet that the fire alarm hadn’t rung to alert them to the flame.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Connie Stadelmann would later recount that the girls told her their fire alarm was going off and something was leaking.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Firefighters were alerted to the emergency by a fire alarm and a call from a staff member.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Residents told the outlet that the fire alarm hadn’t rung to alert them to the flame.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Connie Stadelmann would later recount that the girls told her their fire alarm was going off and something was leaking.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire alarm
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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