brush fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire In the show, Gein strikes Henry with a piece of wood, then drags his body into the woods and stages a brush fire to explain Henry's death. Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 Four years later, Henry died in a brush fire on the family farm. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025 In the early hours of January 1st, Highlands residents reported hearing fireworks and seeing a flash, just before a brush fire broke out in the hills above their neighborhood. Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Idaho 55 has reopened following a brush fire north of Boise on Sunday evening. Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brush fire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush fire
forest fire
Noun
  • The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.
    Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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