fire wall
noun
1
: a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire
2
usually firewall
: computer hardware or software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)
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Those plans addressed the building’s footing design, exterior fire wall and plumbing, according to city records.
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
Read: How America’s fire wall against disease starts to fail
Paul Offit, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-inventor of one of the two rotavirus vaccines available in the U.S., needs only to look at his own family to see the potential consequences.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
New safety measures include fire walls, state-of-the-art alarms, and sprinklers with a misting system to reduce water impact.
—Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
By next summer, workers are expected to put in new roof coverings, electric cabling and a state-of-the art fire protection system — the old attic had no sprinklers or fire wall.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
In those cases, if high winds fan large flames, could a fire wall race through sections of Greater Cleveland?
—Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
Fire typically wouldn’t thrive in that rocky terrain, so it’s seen as a fire wall.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
The blue fire wall is going to be an ash heap in political history.
—ABC News, 6 Nov. 2022
The chief said the wooden stick-frame construction also likely helped the fire move quickly, but said the fire wall between the homes did its job and likely accounted for the other family being able to escape without injury.
—Danielle Camilli, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
Read: How America’s fire wall against disease starts to fail
Paul Offit, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-inventor of one of the two rotavirus vaccines available in the U.S., needs only to look at his own family to see the potential consequences.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
New safety measures include fire walls, state-of-the-art alarms, and sprinklers with a misting system to reduce water impact.
—Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
By next summer, workers are expected to put in new roof coverings, electric cabling and a state-of-the art fire protection system — the old attic had no sprinklers or fire wall.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
In those cases, if high winds fan large flames, could a fire wall race through sections of Greater Cleveland?
—Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
Fire typically wouldn’t thrive in that rocky terrain, so it’s seen as a fire wall.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
The blue fire wall is going to be an ash heap in political history.
—ABC News, 6 Nov. 2022
The chief said the wooden stick-frame construction also likely helped the fire move quickly, but said the fire wall between the homes did its job and likely accounted for the other family being able to escape without injury.
—Danielle Camilli, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
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fire wall
noun1
: a wall for preventing the spread of fire
2
usually firewall
: computer hardware or software that limits access by outside users on a network
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