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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First responders diverted traffic on Asylum Avenue Tuesday afternoon, as firefighters put out a brush fire that broke out in the parking lot adjacent to Capital View Deli.
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Sheriff’s and aviation investigators are still working to recover three victims from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into Vulcan Mountain near Julian, sparking a 12-acre brush fire, officials said Monday.
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The National Weather Service had issued a Red Flag warning on Tuesday, saying there was a high risk of brush fires and wildfires due to windy and very dry conditions.
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Firefighters expect to reach full containment by Friday night on the brush fire that temporarily displaced thousands of Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo residents last weekend, officials said.
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Their list of recent brush fires, literal and figurative, now includes a four-game sweep at Citi Field by the Chicago Cubs.
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There were four separate brush fires on the north side of North Frontage Road just east of Lemont Road, Leno said.
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The smell of smoke from a brush fire in the pasture across the way.
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Less than 30 minutes later, authorities got word of a small brush fire in the same area.
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First Known Use of brush fire
1850
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