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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Then, the fire alarm sounded at the Brighton Towers on Atlantic Avenue.
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Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Sunday’s adventure began when an emergency fire alarm sounded in the ballpark as Cubs utilityman Matt Shaw led off in the first inning.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
After the fire alarm goes off, Detective Lee Reardon (Karla Souza) and her partner, Detective Karl Connolly (Dorian Missick), are called to the crime scene.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
But damage from the fire left the entire structure without power, without heat and without fire alarm protection, Egner said in the release.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 17 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Sunday’s adventure began when an emergency fire alarm sounded in the ballpark as Cubs utilityman Matt Shaw led off in the first inning.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
After the fire alarm goes off, Detective Lee Reardon (Karla Souza) and her partner, Detective Karl Connolly (Dorian Missick), are called to the crime scene.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
But damage from the fire left the entire structure without power, without heat and without fire alarm protection, Egner said in the release.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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