responder
[ ri-spon-der ]
noun
a person or thing that responds.
Electronics. the part of a transponder that transmits the reply.
Origin of responder
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How to use responder in a sentence
Joey Pustejovsky was one of 10 first responders to die trying to put out the fire that precipitated the blast.
First responders reached the scene within 15 minutes after the first shots were fired according to General Milley.
The first of the first responders arrived and sought to gain entry through the rear.
Firefighters Salute 8 Year Old Who Died Trying to Save His Grandfather | Michael Daly | January 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst responders took them to a shelter in Dallas with not much more than the clothes on their backs.
I saw police officers and first responders and pedestrians including a woman with a baby carriage racing toward us.
New York Journalists Remember the First Moments of 9/11 | Abby Haglage | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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