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fire brigade

 
noun [C] UK ( US fire department)

Translation

an organization of people whose job is to stop fires burning
itfaiyeciler, itfaiye teşkilatı
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(Definition of fire brigade noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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