crown fire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crown fire
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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This is the very condition identified as important to spotted owls — dense, multistoried canopies with high vulnerability to crown fire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
That could result in a high-severity crown fire similar to those that have destroyed an estimated 20% of the world’s population of the ancient giants since 2020, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
It’s also more refined, with its earthy hint of miso-agave rice just below the canopy of the taco’s crown fire.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
"Ground fire is a good thing, crown fire is a bad thing in his case," said fire incident spokesman Dennis Godfrey.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2013
There was no mistaking the danger to the whole of the Lower Reserve unless the wind fell—a "crown" fire after two weeks of drought was not a subject for jest.
From The Vagrant Duke by Gibbs, George
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