fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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But when the fire engine and ambulance arrived, the single-family house was on fire.
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Anna Meiler, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Marshall, a 6-year-old Dalmatian who’s a firefighter and paramedic and naturally drives a red fire engine.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Nor has the city fulfilled a records request from The Times about the whereabouts of fire engines in the Palisades when the first 911 call came in.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
The man, from Baker, was the only person in the fire engine and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Wright, according to the reports.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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Anna Meiler, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Marshall, a 6-year-old Dalmatian who’s a firefighter and paramedic and naturally drives a red fire engine.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Nor has the city fulfilled a records request from The Times about the whereabouts of fire engines in the Palisades when the first 911 call came in.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
The man, from Baker, was the only person in the fire engine and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Wright, according to the reports.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire engine
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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