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fire escape definition

fire escape

  1. a fireproof stairway down an outside wall, to help people escape from a burning building
  2. a ladder, chute, rope, etc. used for the same purpose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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