Meaning of five-alarm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.
   not-comparable
2. Having a high intensity or extreme heat.
   broadly, not-comparable

Examples

“And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.”

“Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.”

“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.”

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