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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Most shops and banks close in Germany over the Christmas period starting from the evening of December 24, and police only discovered the hole after a fire alarm went off in the early hours of Monday, December 29.
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CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Whitaker said officers received a call from security personnel at the motel that a man had pulled a fire alarm and hit a security guard, who then pursued him in the area behind medical offices on Delta Fair Boulevard.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
One night, some of the teens set off the fire alarm at Lookout Mountain, which unlocked the doors and allowed the young people to run around campus, climb on buildings and break windows, workers said.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
The loss of this year’s federal and state funding threatened the survival of our local arts organizations and dance nonprofits sent out donation requests with the urgency of a fire alarm.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Whitaker said officers received a call from security personnel at the motel that a man had pulled a fire alarm and hit a security guard, who then pursued him in the area behind medical offices on Delta Fair Boulevard.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
One night, some of the teens set off the fire alarm at Lookout Mountain, which unlocked the doors and allowed the young people to run around campus, climb on buildings and break windows, workers said.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
The loss of this year’s federal and state funding threatened the survival of our local arts organizations and dance nonprofits sent out donation requests with the urgency of a fire alarm.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire alarm
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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