forest fire

noun

Definition of forest firenext
as in brush fire

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of forest fire Similarly, a major firefighting operation was underway in southwest Germany near the village of Traisen, where the heat sparked a forest fire in an area that also contained unexploded ordnance. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 This Anglican example near Beaufort, South Carolina, was built in the 1740s, but was largely destroyed by a forest fire in 1886. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026 Schlotterbeck said forest fire ignition sources often are the hot catalytic converter on a car or SUV running off a road, or a cigarette tossed out of a car window. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 June 2026 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 The forest fire sequence is a good example. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forest fire
  1. brush fire
  2. wildfire
  3. campfire
  4. bonfire
Noun
  • On Tuesday, a police helicopter was hit by a drone while battling a brush fire near the Encino Reservoir in Los Angeles.
    — Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Evacuations have been issued amid an approximately 1,600-acre brush fire that has crossed into the Angeles National Forest in Southern California, officials said on Friday, July 10.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of brush fire
Noun
  • In August last year, a study by World Weather Attribution said climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus burn much more fiercely that summer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • California's insurance crisis has spread beyond wildfire-prone areas of the state, according to research from Stanford.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of wildfire
Noun
  • Starry summer nights and crisp fall evenings beg for campfire chats and waking beneath a canopy of leaves.
    — Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026
  • Think of it like a campfire — anything retaining that heat should be kept separate, cold, and away from your house before throwing it away.
    — Noah Daly July 11, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026
Definition of campfire
Noun
  • This luxury glamping experience includes nightly bonfires, fishing, river tubing, and access to a wellness studio, as well as meals at the on-site Meander restaurant.
    — Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026
  • The bonfires are the centerpiece of the loyalist calendar, underlining an identity built on being British.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of bonfire

Browse Nearby Words

foresters
forest fire
forest fires
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Forest fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest%20fire. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of yaw

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All