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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Dispatch reported a fire alarm sounding and smoke coming from a room.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Inspectors also found missing and defective smoke detectors and a non-functional fire alarm panel, Rushin said.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were called to Friendship Elementary School in Deltona after a fire alarm went off, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Sunday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The metaphoric fire alarm is blaring in business today.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Inspectors also found missing and defective smoke detectors and a non-functional fire alarm panel, Rushin said.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were called to Friendship Elementary School in Deltona after a fire alarm went off, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Sunday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The metaphoric fire alarm is blaring in business today.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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 2 Oct. 2025.
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