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Recent Examples of forest fire
Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
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
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
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
Noun
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Officials said that the slide occurred in the same spot where a brush fire had broken out in November.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Moore also said that the department’s handling of the Lachman Fire — a small New Year’s Day 2025 brush fire that ignited in the Pacific Palisades, eventually leading to the Palisades Fire — wasn't good enough, KNBC added.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The temple’s lawsuit details how investigators have found Edison’s equipment to have caused multiple wildfires in the last 10 years, including the the Round Fire in 2015, the Rey Fire in 2016, the Thomas, Creek, and Rye fires in 2017,and the Woolsey Fire in 2018.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Cal Fire formed the task force in August, about six weeks after an unpermitted fireworks facility exploded in rural Yolo County, killing seven people and sparking a 78-acre wildfire.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There was a Firebox with visible smoke coming out the top – the nearby area smelled like a campfire.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Expect no-frills musicianship under warm stage lights, a crowd swaying to pedal steel and fiddle, and the kind of intimate connection that has made Wall’s shows feel like stories shared around a campfire.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Forest fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest%20fire. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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