multialarm
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
multialarm (not comparable)
- (US, firefighting, of a fire) Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.
Usage notes[edit]
- The alarm level is a measure of the resources required to deal with the fire; thus one might speak of a three-alarm fire or three-alarmer.