uncontained
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Like the even larger Palisades Fire, the Eaton Fire remains totally uncontained.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
The map notes that the Palisades Fire - like the two other blazes - is totally uncontained.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
But the 48,000-acre Bridge fire remains uncontained, and has become the largest and highest-priority fire in the state, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
The Davis fire, which started Saturday morning, had burned 6,500 acres and remained completely uncontained as of Monday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
The most striking change in his personality was his volatility: good news triggered uncontained outbursts of joy, often extinguished only through increasingly acrobatic bouts of physical exercise, while bad news plunged him into inconsolable desolation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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