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Meanings of burn-off in English
A fire set intentionally for purposes of forest or land management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement.
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Usage of burn-off in English
1
The district council said no outdoor fires were allowed, which included the burn-off of crop stubble.
2
The orange fires of some burn-off operation could been seen from at least a mile away.
3
He says European settlers started the practice of burn-off in the 1830s to clear forest for farmland.
4
EARLIER: MOUNTAIN bike trails are being evacuated around St Helens after a controlled burn-off jumped containment lines.
5
Watching for a burst of magic like the burn-off at the top of a refinery flare tower?
6
Two vegetation fires which began after the burn-off of felled trees got out of control have been contained.
7
Witchfire blossomed, blue and spectral, from his skin, the gentle burn-off of extra magic against the night air.
8
He sipped his wine and gazed out at the grounds, the spheres of the burn-off flames glowing in the distance.
9
A burn-off was being carried out on farmland halfway between Gore and Riversdale when the flames jumped a container line.
10
Both fires were said to be caused burn-offs that got out of control.
11
There could also be pre-emptive controlled burn-offs of some areas to bring safety to other areas.
12
Both fires were caused by high country burn-offs.
13
People can report any burn-offs breaching the rules to a 24-hour hotline run by its Regulatory Committee.
14
It is as if a group of off-world explorers had allied themselves with us after the Burn-Off.
15
Burned-off gas, after all, generates no revenue.
16
Why not just ban the burn-offs?
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