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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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 Then, after the game Florida State head coach Mike Norvell had to cut his postgame press conference off early after a fire alarm went off at the team facility. —

Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024 Over at the hotel, Pip and Ravi do some finagling (a fire alarm is involved) to steal the inn’s guest book from April 2019. —

Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire alarm