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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The outlet also reported that a fire alarm was sounding continuously and that a helicopter was circling overhead. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Watch the fire alarm go off in the video at the top of this post. EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Hoaxes like a student pulling a fire alarm go back decades. Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025 The electrician had been working on a construction project at Harlem Hospital, fixing the building’s fire alarm system and testing the HVAC, sticking his head into ducts. Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 25 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

fire alarm

noun
: an alarm sounded to signal the outbreak of a fire
also : a device for sounding such an alarm
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