Five-alarm

adj

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

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

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

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