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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While responding to the fire alarm, a Harvard officer saw two people fleeing the building and attempted to stop them before proceeding to the floor where the alarm was triggered, officials previously said.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Upon awakening to a loud fire alarm, EKG results showed an average heart rate of 180 beats per minute, as compared with an average of less than 70 while sleeping.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Saleban Warsame heard a fire alarm and saw water coming into his apartment.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated for a time Friday night after a fire alarm and a gas smell were detected, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Upon awakening to a loud fire alarm, EKG results showed an average heart rate of 180 beats per minute, as compared with an average of less than 70 while sleeping.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Saleban Warsame heard a fire alarm and saw water coming into his apartment.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated for a time Friday night after a fire alarm and a gas smell were detected, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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