fire line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire line
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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One man who saved his home by digging a fire line said he felt "survivor's guilt" after his neighbour lost theirs.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Most of his labor was a little farther from the fire line, he stressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
The image below shows a helicopter flying along the fire line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
That wasn’t the case in the Mountain fire last month, which recorded hurricane-force winds over the fire, pushing embers more than two miles away from the main fire line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Our alligators tried to make a quick crawl up the steep slope of the terrace so they could set up a fire line.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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