WILDFIRE

Wildfire

A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, and veldfire may be used to describe the same phenomenon depending on the type of vegetation being burned, and the regional variant of English being used. A wildfire differs from other fires by its extensive size, the speed at which it can spread out from its original ...

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wildfire

Noun

  1. A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.
  2. Greek fire, Byzantine fire.
  3. A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas.
  4. Something that acts quickly and uncontrollably.


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