Five-alarm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Five-alarm is an adjective meaning (firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.
Meaning
(firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Having a high intensity or extreme heat.
Example Sentences
Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.
And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include top-priority, superalert, foremost, uppermost, mega-colossal, ace-high.
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