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Meanings of wild fire in English
Uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area.
Synonyms
Examples for "wildfires"
Examples for "wildfires"
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There is a great risk of runaway wildfires under the current conditions.
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Every year, the month of April brings an outbreak of damaging wildfires.
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Scientists say climate change is a key factor in the destructive wildfires.
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Arcing from power lines, caused by the high winds, triggered several wildfires.
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In the US, water shortages afflict crop-growing areas and wildfires threaten cities.
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COMMENT Australians can feel proud of our response to the bushfire crisis.
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But bushfire-affected areas unfortunately did not receive as much rain as Melbourne.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A Wires animal rescue van in a bushfire-affected area.
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Nobody wants to live in a bushfire area or a flooding area.
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Our thoughts remain with all those affected by the ongoing bushfire emergency.
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And we need not see a raging inferno in every brush fire.
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We decided to build a sage- brush fire and camp out till morning.
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He has exploded on to the scene like a summer brush fire.
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Extremely dry conditions and unpredictable winds have stoked the brush fire.
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They said you seemed to think there was a brush fire or something.
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Table mountain vegetation fire causing traffic delays in town.
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Helicopters were on standby last night as crews battled the vegetation fire from about 8pm.
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Mossel Bay fire -latest news: A vegetation fire was reported just after midday on Monday.
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Firefighters are battling a vegetation fire in the Mackenzie District that's spread rapidly to more than 100 hectares.
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Mr Burgin said he thought it was a vegetation fire and completely in the face of the northerly wind.
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David thought they were on the edge of some great forest fire.
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Last week 64 people died in a forest fire in central Portugal.
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What I had not come to do was start a forest fire.
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Imagine the coming plague as a forest fire on an oxygenrich world.
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Obviously reduction of the forest fire hazard is the most urgent problem.
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On Monday, a grass fire started in Sterling, on the Kenai Peninsula.
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Fury tore through his veins like a grass fire in a stiff wind.
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When they came home a grass fire started in the back of their house.
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The flame and smoke of the old grass fire were strong in the air.
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Our teams are also dealing with a grass fire near the Outeniqua Research Farm.
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For updates on the Signal Hill fire, read our article.
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On Friday a 22-year-old man from Bolton was arrested in connection with the Winter Hill fire.
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Rogers's men lay happily on the hill firing spasmodically at khaki figures crawling up the long valley.
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Picture of Signal Hill fire taken from Sea Point, the fire has spread below Lions Head, Cape Town.
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Signal Hill Fire, photo was taken 8:25 pm 27th January 2019.
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We found Grace Drever preparing the peat fire for frying the fish.
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With that, she sat down at the round table near the peat fire.
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A stove, made hot with a peat fire, was to heat the irons.
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His father rose, and, standing by the great peat fire, watched him depart thoughtfully.
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A cock crowed, a feather of blue smoke went up from her peat fire.
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Daddy John built up the desert fire as a beacon- apileof sage that burned like tinder.
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I can smell a desert fire somewhere in the distance, but I have no idea where I am.
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He stood upright beside the deserted fire, panting, glaring, his clothes in tatters.
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On entering a small plain we saw their deserted fire on the opposite side.
Usage of wild fire in English
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This excitement has spread like wild fire all over the country.
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The Kouga Local Municipality Fire Department managed to contain the wild fire for now.
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Panic spread like wild fire across Asian markets on Friday.
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If the wild fire delirium of the Women's World Cup has led to anything?
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When this was done they flung wild fire from their engines upon the castle.
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That was the whispered word that ran like wild fire.
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For Hester's tears were falling at last, quenching the wild fire in her eyes.
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He felt-inthat darkness-thewild fire in her face.
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It follows Australia's disastrous wild fire season… Audio
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His cheek was flushed, and his eyes shot a wild fire that struck to her heart.
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The wild fire of the viking's blood still burns in your veins, but it shall be quenched.
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He was staring at Sylvia, and the wild fire in his eyes was leaping higher, ever higher.
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Gives to the wild fire's wasting rule
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Chelsea broke like a wild fire and advanced into the box with the defence on the turn.
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Around 40 houses have been destroyed in the wild fire that were first noticed early on Sunday morning.
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He was obeyed by his own men, but the peasants at once began a wild fire at the boats.
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