fire drill
noun
: a practice drill in extinguishing fires or in the conduct and manner of exit in case of fire
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But once the season starts, the only group with time to work on such fire drill-type plays is the kicking trio.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Those training exercises, which include live-fire drills, were scheduled to run through Thursday.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
The ship was monitoring the live-fire drills being carried out by PLA's Eastern Theater Command.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
That means segmenting networks, conducting regular threat hunting, hardening endpoints and practicing incident response as rigorously as fire drills.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Those training exercises, which include live-fire drills, were scheduled to run through Thursday.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
The ship was monitoring the live-fire drills being carried out by PLA's Eastern Theater Command.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
That means segmenting networks, conducting regular threat hunting, hardening endpoints and practicing incident response as rigorously as fire drills.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire drill
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“Fire drill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20drill. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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