bushfire

American  

[boosh-fahy^uhr] / ˈbʊʃˌfaɪər /

noun

1. an uncontrolled fire in the trees and bushes bush of scrubland.

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bushfire British  

/ ˈbʊʃˌfaɪə /

noun

1. an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire

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Etymology

Origin of bushfire

First recorded in 1865–70; bush ¹ + fire

Example Sentences

One prince is an "absolute true-blue legend" whose vibrant eyes "blazed like a bushfire" while another is a "bit of a yobbo" who thinks others are "carrying on like a pack of galahs".

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"The longer we delay the deep and sustained cuts to climate pollution we need, the harder it becomes to protect communities from escalating heatwaves, floods and bushfire weather."

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"It's like a raging underwater bushfire that has persisted for months now, wreaking harm right along the coast," says Paul Gamblin, who heads up the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

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After all, there are no houses in the path of the underwater bushfire.

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That brings Dr Quigley back to the bushfire analogy.

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