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Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. fire-alarm

    An alarm given of a fire or conflagration. In military barracks or camp, it is sounded on drum or bugle, or the discharge of fire-arms by the guard.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fire-alarm in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fire-alarm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fire-alarm in a Sentence

  1. Angela Rasmussen:

    Your body has basically a fire alarm system that's a sprinkler system all at the same time... [ This ] is the first line of defense against different viral infections. When that system is delayed at triggering the alarm, and then consequently triggering the defenses, people tend to have worse outcomes and more severe disease, we're still learning about what makes that delay happen. But that does seem to be one of the major driving factors in how sick people will ultimately get.

  2. Jeff Silber:

    I don’t want to pull the fire alarm here, but those numbers indicate that we’re not moving in the right direction.

  3. Michelle Adams:

    I was coming down the stairs, getting ready to leave the building and I saw the firefighter pull the( fire) alarm, it didn't go off. He started knocking on doors.

  4. Jackson Arnold:

    I was in my room, and the fire alarm goes off. I go to open my door and the sign is on fire, so it was pretty small flame I blew it out and left, i was feeling pretty mad, pissed off, I guess it was less of a scared feeling and more angry.

  5. Paul Ryan:

    I am pulling the fire alarm right now, is what I’m doing in the Democratic Party, i believe we are in denial of what’s happened, and I’m pulling the fire alarm because the house is burning down.

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