sprinkler system
noun
: a system for protecting a building against fire by means of overhead pipes which convey an extinguishing fluid (such as water) to heat-activated outlets
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Drain and turn off your sprinkler system.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Disconnect garden hoses and unplug lawn sprinkler systems.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
The building doesn't have a sprinkler system despite it being built six years after state law required it.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Finding Dee Dee On July 28, 1992 — just 25 days after Dee Dee vanished — a repairman working on a sprinkler system at the local mill noticed a smell and found a body in the Henry Fork River in Brookford, a couple of miles from Hickory.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Disconnect garden hoses and unplug lawn sprinkler systems.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
The building doesn't have a sprinkler system despite it being built six years after state law required it.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Finding Dee Dee On July 28, 1992 — just 25 days after Dee Dee vanished — a repairman working on a sprinkler system at the local mill noticed a smell and found a body in the Henry Fork River in Brookford, a couple of miles from Hickory.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Sprinkler system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprinkler%20system. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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