as in campfire
a large outdoor fire
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Recent Examples of bonfire
Amenities include two restaurants, an indoor pool, a sauna, a hot tub, bike rentals, a bonfire pit, a sandy beach, and an activity room with crafts.
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 19 Jan. 2026
In the late 1800s, the Mountain House Hotel owners created a manmade version of Firefall by pushing a bonfire off Glacier Point’s edge in a ploy to attract tourism.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 19 Jan. 2026
In the late 1800s, the Mountain House Hotel owners created a manmade version of Firefall by pushing a bonfire off Glacier Point’s edge in a ploy to attract tourism.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonfire
Noun
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The peels are the perfect vessel for grilling banana halves or making banana splits over the campfire.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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On that phone call with Kaufman, Weir grabbed a guitar and started singing snippets of campfire songs from his past, eagerly wanting to add new verses to some of them.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, the Palisades fire burned 23,448 acres and destroyed much of the exclusive Pacific Palisades community, destroying about 6,800 structures and killing 12 people.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Under state law, if a utility is determined to have acted reasonably it can be reimbursed for all or most of the damages of the fire by a state wildfire fund.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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The forest fire sequence is a good example.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonfire. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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