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safety drill

safety drill noun: an emergency preparedness training activity such as a fire drill or an earthquake drill.

Noun

safety drill (plural safety drills)

  1. An emergency preparedness training activity such as a fire drill or an earthquake drill.
    • On a merchant ship, Father Sinclair had to do safety drills every 10 days. On a fishing vessel, it’s monthly, and there is no requirement to check the log to see if the drill has been done or done correctly.2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian

Forms of safety drill

pluralsafety drills

Questions about safety drill

What does safety drill mean?
Safety drill means an emergency preparedness training activity such as a fire drill or an earthquake drill.
What part of speech is safety drill?
Safety drill is a noun.
What is the plural of safety drill?
The plural of safety drill is safety drills.

Words near safety drill in the dictionary

  1. safety curtain
  2. safety curtains
  3. safety cushion
  4. safety deposit
  5. safety deposits
  6. safety drill
  7. safety drills
  8. safety factor
  9. safety factors
  10. safety film
  11. safety films

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