smoke detector
noun
: an alarm that activates automatically when it detects smoke
called also smoke alarm
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The records also show a history of over 280 fire code violations throughout the entire apartment complex dating back through last year, including dozens found on May 6, after the fire, such as inaccessible fire extinguishers, no smoke detectors and electrical hazards.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
For the vast majority of homeowners without sprinklers, Pritchard offered several fire safety tips, including installing smoke detectors in every room and having working fire extinguishers on every floor.
—Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Unlicensed child care sites can be a hazard to kids and allow for poor practices to persist out of sight of state inspectors, like insufficient staff attending to kids or lacking baby gates and smoke detectors, said Gay.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 Nov. 2025
The same element that sits quietly in household smoke detectors could one day power instruments drifting between stars, or probes exploring alien oceans in the dark.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
For the vast majority of homeowners without sprinklers, Pritchard offered several fire safety tips, including installing smoke detectors in every room and having working fire extinguishers on every floor.
—Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Unlicensed child care sites can be a hazard to kids and allow for poor practices to persist out of sight of state inspectors, like insufficient staff attending to kids or lacking baby gates and smoke detectors, said Gay.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 Nov. 2025
The same element that sits quietly in household smoke detectors could one day power instruments drifting between stars, or probes exploring alien oceans in the dark.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smoke detector
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“Smoke detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoke%20detector. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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