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See also: fire-safe
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]firesafe (comparative more firesafe, superlative most firesafe)
- Designed to reduce the risk of fire.
- Hyponym: fireproof
- 1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce, Fire Research and Safety Act of 1967, Hearings..., page 56:
- A complete firesafe home would be constructed of noncombustible materials, stone, cement, bricks, and so on.
- 1983, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging, Home Fire Deaths: A Preventable Tragedy: Hearing..., page 181:
- I would also like to express strong support for your proposal to introduce new legislation which would support a study of the technological and economic feasibility of a firesafe cigarette.