brushfire
- a variation of brush-fire.
Example Sentences
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The brushfire originated near Ladera Ranch’s Narrow Canyon Road and Acaster Way on Tuesday afternoon and spread across seven acres before firefighters were able to get it under control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024
A brushfire that began in Cedar Park, Texas, Tuesday destroyed a building at an apartment complex and damaged three others.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Everyone should put themselves to the emergency/catastrophe test; we live in a perpetual state of being just a few minutes from trouble, even if we’re not in a hurricane, earthquake or brushfire zone.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
