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smoke detector

a usually battery-operated warning device that sets off a loud signal when excessive smoke or heat is detected

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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