five-alarm
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3ADJ.
half, right
FIVE-ALARM + NOUN
chili, nothing
ADV.
then
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adj
The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.
Having a high intensity or extreme heat.
And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.
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4And the hundred-thirty-pound Rich LeFevre, in six hundred seconds, inhaled one and a half gallons of five-alarm chili.
WiktionaryInstead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.
WiktionaryAs Democrats have said to me, if you say everything’s a five-alarm fire, then nothing’s a five-alarm fire, right? They’re going to be cautious about where they pick their moments.
WiktionaryIt was a five-alarm fire.
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