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fire escape
noun
an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
Origin:
1670–80
1670–80
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| fire escape | |
| —n | |
| a means of evacuating people from a building in the event of fire, esp a metal staircase outside the building | |
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Example sentences
Practice fire escape routes and identify an outside meeting place.
The cast-iron fire escape, which didn't reach the sidewalk below, was to be considered the the other way out in case of fire.
Establish fire escape routes from every room in your house and teach family members what to do in case of a fire.
The bank of rubble that barred the entrance to the fire escape was almost knee-high.
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