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firefighter

US /ˈfaɪrˌfaɪtɚ/

noun Target · B2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

A firefighter visited our school to teach students about fire safety.

Synonyms

  • firemanplay in which children pretend to put out a fire

Collocations

  • Easy brave firefighter
    to brave firefighter, meaning to face and withstand with courage
  • Medium volunteer firefighter crew
    to volunteer firefighter crew, meaning to tell voluntarily
  • Hard dispatched firefighter squad
    to dispatched firefighter squad, meaning to send away towards a designated goal
  • Very Hard heroic firefighter awarded commendation
    describing heroic firefighter awarded commendation (a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter)

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