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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The audit found that the intercom systems were unable to override a fire alarm system during a mass shooting.
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Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
Some pointed to other distractions, namely the congressman's censure for pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House office building during a vote last September.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
De Menezes was on his way to repair a broken fire alarm when he was shot and killed in an underground carriage at Stockwell station.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
The mayor suggested that, when an attack occurred, the fire alarm bells should be rung so that all the citizens could pour out of their houses armed and ready to hunt down the killer.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
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Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
Some pointed to other distractions, namely the congressman's censure for pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House office building during a vote last September.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
De Menezes was on his way to repair a broken fire alarm when he was shot and killed in an underground carriage at Stockwell station.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
The mayor suggested that, when an attack occurred, the fire alarm bells should be rung so that all the citizens could pour out of their houses armed and ready to hunt down the killer.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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