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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 911 system came back online after about two hours, again relegating the fire alarm boxes to secondary importance.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2024
But incidents such as his pulling a fire alarm on his way to a vote and railing against his primary opponent as a racist have some voters rethinking their support of the fiery congressman.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 June 2024
Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Bowman infamously pulled a fire alarm in the Capitol complex last year during a high-stakes vote to avert a government shutdown.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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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