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Fire alarm   /fˈaɪər əlˈɑrm/   Listen
Fire alarm

noun
1.
A shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out.
2.
An alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke.  Synonym: smoke alarm.






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"Fire alarm" Quotes from Famous Books



... Falulah from the brook by which it is supplied. Overlook is the largest and most elevated, being four hundred feet above the railroad tracks. More than eighteen miles of service pipe are now in use, and there are over two hundred fire hydrants at various points. The city is equipped with a fire alarm telegraph, having thirty-one signal boxes, and maintains an efficient and well managed Fire Department. It is thus easy to understand why Fitchburg seldom has a fire ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885 - A Massachusetts Magazine • Various

... the block and fired. The Robot by then had retreated to the entryway of the Tugh house, where it stood peering as though with curiosity at all this commotion. There came a clanging from the distance: someone had turned in a fire alarm. Through the gathered crowds and vehicles the engines came ...
— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various



Words linked to "Fire alarm" :   alarum, alarm system, warning signal, warning device, smoke alarm, alert, alarm



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