fire escape
noun
: a device for escape from a burning building
especially
: a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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By the bloody end, your phobias now include fire escapes, elevators, airbags, construction sites, even backyard barbecues.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Final Destination 2: The fire escape Another example of the franchise's excellent ability to fake out viewers happens during the death of Evan (David Paetkau).
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
Danny Ghitis for The New York Times Pandemic Pivots
Burritos lowered from fire escapes, cereal made of actual tiny croissants, viral pizza pop-ups — no idea is too out there or too obvious during the uncertain first years of the pandemic.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
That’s when residents all over the city threw open their windows and climbed onto fire escapes, clapping, banging pots and pans, and shouting at full volume to salute the health care workers who were battling a novel coronavirus that had overrun the city.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Final Destination 2: The fire escape Another example of the franchise's excellent ability to fake out viewers happens during the death of Evan (David Paetkau).
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
Danny Ghitis for The New York Times Pandemic Pivots
Burritos lowered from fire escapes, cereal made of actual tiny croissants, viral pizza pop-ups — no idea is too out there or too obvious during the uncertain first years of the pandemic.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
That’s when residents all over the city threw open their windows and climbed onto fire escapes, clapping, banging pots and pans, and shouting at full volume to salute the health care workers who were battling a novel coronavirus that had overrun the city.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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