Thesaurus results for BRUSH FIRE

brush fire

noun

as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire The forecast comes as fire officials this week tamed a brush fire that burned through more than 11,400 acres of the Everglades in west Broward. —

Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026 Al-Shurman, 28, was reportedly one of two people who died in the crash, which caused a brush fire. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 What began as a brush fire fused into a single, town-eating front. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 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 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