five-alarm (not comparable)
- (firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.
- Hypernym: multialarm
- Having a high intensity or extreme heat.
2013, Ed Kovacs, Burnt Black: A Cliff St. James Novel[1], →ISBN, page 17:Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.
2007, Steve Rushin, The Caddie Was a Reindeer: And Other Tales of Extreme Recreation[2], →ISBN, page 304:And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
