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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire..
And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.
As Democrats have said to me, if you say everything’s a five-alarm fire, then nothing’s a five-alarm fire, right? They’re going to be cautious about where they pick their moments.
Use five-alarm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Five-alarm means (firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire..
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And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
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