fire alarm
a signal that warns that a fire has started.
a bell, buzzer, siren, horn, etc., that provides such a signal.
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How to use fire alarm in a sentence
As a 14-year-old interested in cooking, I smoked out many hotel rooms and set off countless fire alarms trying to smoke fish for my family.
How to Make Smoked Trout, According to a Chef in Tasmania | Monica Burton | February 10, 2021 | EaterIt is as though the fire alarm at your workplace was always blaring.
Gene Weingarten: Your call is unimportant to us | Gene Weingarten | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostAfter we fell asleep, the fire alarm in Debra’s studio had started going on and off randomly throughout the night.
As other reviewers have previously noted, people can use Alexa for more complex tasks at home like automatically turning on Internet-connected lights if the assistant hears a fire alarm.
Scientists in Michigan have developed a forest fire alarm system.
Trees power this alarm system for remote forest fires | Stephen Ornes | October 16, 2020 | Science News For Students
Here, a former student pulled a fire alarm to attract potential victims before threatening his roommate, who escaped.
This Gun Nut Says Most School Shootings Aren’t Real | Brandy Zadrozny | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen the gunfire ceased and the only sound was that fire alarm as Alexis seemed to vanish.
Inside the Washington Navy Yard’s Building 197 During Alexis’s Rampage | Michael Daly | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat morning, I escaped from the school with my classmates at the prompting of a strobe-lighted fire alarm after shots rang out.
Columbine Survivor Liz Carlston on the Shooting’s Lessons for Aurora | Liz Carlston | July 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJan. 5, 2009 – 10:53 p.m. Type: 911 Subject: Alarm Report: fire alarm going off 13.
George Zimmerman’s History of 911 Calls: A Complete Log | Matthew DeLuca | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJune 10, 2009 – 1:55 a.m. Type: 911 Subject: Alarm Report: fire alarm going off 16.
George Zimmerman’s History of 911 Calls: A Complete Log | Matthew DeLuca | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is best not to place a switch in the fire-alarm circuit as this circuit should be in an operating condition at all times.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe fire-alarm switch consists of two springs that are held from contact with each other by means of a thin cord.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousAnd Sally gives chase, and overtakes the other two just by the fire-alarm, where Fenwick came to a standstill.
Somehow Good | William de MorganBy law, every fire escape was rigged with a fire alarm, in addition to the regular burglar alarm.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)We could see the driver pop from his seat and race to the corner fire alarm box.
Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherred
British Dictionary definitions for fire alarm
a device to give warning of fire, esp a bell, siren, or hooter
a shout to warn that a fire has broken out
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