bushfire

[ boosh-fahyuhr ]

/ ˈbʊʃˌfaɪər /

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noun

an uncontrolled fire in the trees and bushes of scrubland.

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Origin of bushfire

First recorded in 1865–70; bush¹ + fire

Words nearby bushfire

bushelbasket, busheled iron, bushelful, bushelman, busher, bushfire, bushfly, Bush, George H. W., Bush, George W., bush grass, bushhammer

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How to use bushfire in a sentence

Australian sports, including tennis’ world-famous Australian Open, have been canceled or delayed due to a mix of bushfires, severe droughts and intense rainfall.
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I don’t know how much you saw, but our Prime Minister kind of dropped the ball several times with a bushfire crisis.
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In January, Australia’s record-breaking temperatures and prolonged droughts drove bushfires burned more than 27 million acres across the country, and destroyed thousands of homes.
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James, who began reading the subreddit regularly after devastating bushfires ripped across Australia in 2019, recently moved out of Melbourne and began experimenting with self-sufficiency.
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Australia’s record-shattering summer of bushfires bled into January and February.
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British Dictionary definitions for bushfire

bushfire

/ (ˈbʊʃˌfaɪə) /

noun

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

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