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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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The brush fire damaged about 2 acres of land but did not damage any buildings.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Forward progress was quickly stopped on a brush fire that forced evacuation orders and threatened homes in the rural North County community of Rainbow early Wednesday afternoon.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Maryland fire departments respond to over 5,000 wildfire incidents per year, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.—
Bridget Byrne,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2026
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Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a very intimate one-man show that will take the audience into his family's longtime Los Angeles home that was leveled in wildfires.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If all the pieces of fuel that size and smaller — think grass, pine needles and twigs — are dry, a forest becomes much more fire-prone, says Stevens-Rumann, who likens wildfire likelihood to building a campfire.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
15 Apr. 2026
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There will be a dinner, remarks from longtime staff members and a campfire program.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Since there is a limited number of pits, be sure to book in advance—a reservation gets you a bonfire kit (which includes wood) as well as a s'more kit.—
Acacia Gabriel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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The final bonfire is a bloodbath.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Forest fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest%20fire. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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