fire brigade
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Definition(s):
- (n) a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
- (n) British name for a fire department
Usage(s):
- The fire brigade which now holds jurisdiction over forest fires lacks the appropriate knowledge of these types of situations.
- Violent clashes and then a halt to negotiations is a way of calling in the American fire brigade.
- When the police and fire brigade arrived, the mob pelted them with stones and set fire to government vehicles.
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