Definition of brushfire
: involving mobilization only on a small and local scale
- brushfire border wars
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First Known Use of brushfire
1954
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Definition of brush fire
1
: a fire involving low-growing plants (such as scrub and brush)
2
: a minor conflict or crisis
- putting out political brush fires
Recent Examples of brush fire from the Web
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The cause of four small brush fires Sunday along Frontage Road near Lemont Road in Darien has not been determined.
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Nearly a year ago, a large brush fire swept through east Seminole County and destroyed more than half of the popular Girl Scouts’ Camp Mah-Kah-Wee in Chuluota.
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Delays are expected on Amtrak and MARC train’s Penn line tonight due to a brush fire that occurred Tuesday near the West Baltimore MARC Station, according to MTA and fire authorities.
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Seattle felt wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph, downing trees and causing more than 40 power outages and several small brush fires across the city.
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In its place: record high temperatures, a small brush fire in Malibu (it was quickly extinguished), and no sign of rain anytime soon.
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Emergency personnel helped extinguish a brush fire that broke out around 12:02 p.m. March 4 at a property in the 1900 block of West Shore Drive.
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Crews from San Diego Fire-Rescue and Heartland Fire Department fought a brush fire at Mission Trails Regional Park for about an hour before knocking it down Tuesday night.
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For each brush fire, Belichick is there to smother the flames, grim but resolute in the face of questioning.
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First Known Use of brush fire
1850
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