fire alarm

noun

: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire

Someone set off the fire alarm.

Examples of fire alarm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 911 system came back online after about two hours, again relegating the fire alarm boxes to secondary importance. —

Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2024 But incidents such as his pulling a fire alarm on his way to a vote and railing against his primary opponent as a racist have some voters rethinking their support of the fiery congressman. —

Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 June 2024 Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system. —

Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024 Bowman infamously pulled a fire alarm in the Capitol complex last year during a high-stakes vote to avert a government shutdown. —

Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire alarm

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