fire escape
noun
: a device for escape from a burning building
especially
: a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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Reyes broke into the apartment through the fire escape, shocked relatives told The News.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Ground floor rooms, or rooms with easy access from the outside, including those near fire escapes or back exits, can present a higher risk of theft.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Evelyn screamed again: was the fire escape swaying away from the stuccoed side of the building?
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
All doors, including the fire escapes, had been locked.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Ground floor rooms, or rooms with easy access from the outside, including those near fire escapes or back exits, can present a higher risk of theft.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Evelyn screamed again: was the fire escape swaying away from the stuccoed side of the building?
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
All doors, including the fire escapes, had been locked.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire escape
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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