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
brush fire
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 brush fire was reported in a riverbed near the Plaza Bonita mall.
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The large brush fire was contained and extinguished within about three hours.
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The fire was one of several brush fires that sparked across Southern California late last week during a record-breaking heatwave.
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Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical tweeted that crews are currently working to extinguish the 1-acre brush fire.
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In Southern California on Sunday, officials said some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted near a brush fire that began Saturday in Aliso Woods Canyon and grew to about 200 acres.
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The dry, windy weather recently has increased the risk of brush fires.
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On Thursday, brush fires broke out in Irwindale and in the Santa Susana Pass.
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Historically, most of the county’s biggest brush fires have occurred in September and October.
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First Known Use of brush fire
1850
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