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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Kertész photographed readers in parks, libraries, classrooms, seen through a window, waiting to go on stage, on fire escapes, a balcony, a train, all with heads bowed, faces rapt with concentration.
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Residents were forced to evacuate down an exterior fire escape, according to ABC7 Eyewitness News.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
Despite all this, Evan manages to flee out the fire escape.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
By the bloody end, your phobias now include fire escapes, elevators, airbags, construction sites, even backyard barbecues.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Residents were forced to evacuate down an exterior fire escape, according to ABC7 Eyewitness News.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
Despite all this, Evan manages to flee out the fire escape.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
By the bloody end, your phobias now include fire escapes, elevators, airbags, construction sites, even backyard barbecues.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 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 4 Jul. 2025.
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