Thesaurus results for BRUSH FIRE

brush fire

noun

as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire Twenty-eight-year-old Ramzi Al-Shurman and his best friend, identified only as Temo, died in a Southern California plane crash that sparked a brush fire on Thursday, May 7, according to CW-affiliate KTLA. —

Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 The track was badly damaged by a hurricane that September and later consumed by a brush fire. —

Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026 The brush fire burn is important because Hayes said some trees are harmful to the prairie. —

Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Orange County firefighters battled a brush fire Saturday that prompted evacuation warnings for some communities in the Carbon Canyon area of Brea. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brush fire

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forest fire

Noun

Modern chips are becoming so powerful that air cooling is like trying to put out a forest fire with a desk fan.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Doñana has not had a forest fire in nearly a decade.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026